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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical hover fly genus Senaspis Macquart (Diptera, Syrphidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="FD90378F-6CF7-55C2-91F1-F39E3D1A385F" authority="Austen, 1909" authorityName="Austen" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis elliotii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elliotii">Senaspis elliotii Austen, 1909</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3, 4" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 3, 4.. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 3 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 4 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures3-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486698" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figs 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 20–23" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 20 - 23. Head, frontal and lateral view S. elliotii Austen (20, 21 ♂ 22, 23 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures20-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486705" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 20-23</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–55" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figures 52 - 55. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 52 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 53 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 54, 55 S. elliotii Austen (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures52-55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486713" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 54</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–55" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figures 52 - 55. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 52 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 53 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 54, 55 S. elliotii Austen (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures52-55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486713" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 55</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 68-71</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 80–85" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figures 80 - 85. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 80 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 81 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 82 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 83 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 84 S. flaviceps Macquart (♀) 85 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures80-85" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486720" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 82</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 91–96" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figures 91 - 96. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 91 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 92 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 93 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 94 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 95 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 96 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures91-96" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486722" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 93</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102–113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 104</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Austen" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis elliotii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elliotii">Senaspis elliotii</taxonomicName>
Austen, 1909: 90.
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Speiser, 1910: 123.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Species differentiated from all other 
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species by the conspicuous dense white to yellow pile on scutum, contrasting with the black pile on pleura (Fig. 
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) (other species with dense pale pilosity on the scutum like 
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and 
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, have the pale pile continued on pleura (Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 9 S. umbrifera (Walker) (♂ holotype) 10 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486701" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">9</figureCitation>
)). The wing is predominantly dark, except along posterior margin and at the apex where hyaline (Fig. 
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Examined material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis elliotii</emphasis>
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Austen: Lectotype (hereby designated), male, 
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&quot; 
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// Type // elliotti // Austen, ♂&quot; &quot;Ruwenzori, // Scott Elliot.5. // 7-8,000 ft. // 95-41.&quot; 
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[NHMUK]. Paralectotype, female, 
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&quot;Makumbu, // B.E. Africa. // C.S. Betton. // 1900.35 // 6.II-8.III.99.&quot; &quot;PARA- // LECTOTYPUS&quot; [NMHUK]. Paralectotype, female, 
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&quot; 
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// Type // elliotti // Austen, ♀&quot; &quot;Between Salt Lake//&amp; Wawamba Country // Ruwenzori district, // Uganda // 1894. // G.F. Scott Elliot // 95.41&quot; &quot;PARA- // LECTOTYPUS&quot; [NHMUK].
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 36-39.</emphasis>
Head, frontal and lateral view 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
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(Bigot) (
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♂ 
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♀).
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Speiser: Holotype, male, &quot;Kilimandj. // 
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&quot;13 dec.&quot; &quot;Obstgarten- // Steppe&quot; &quot; 
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(
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) // 
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Aust. var. 
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// P. Speiser det. // Typ. der Var.&quot; &quot;NHRS-BYWS // 000002772&quot; &quot;Loan // 575/99&quot; [NRMS, examined through images].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Other material.</paragraph>
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Angola • 1♀; Nova Gaia; 14-21 Dec. 1957; G.H. Heinrich leg.; CNC • 1♀; 30 km N Quiculungo; Sep.-Oct. 1957; CNC. Burundi • 1♂; Bururi; Jun. 1948; F.J. 
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leg.; KBIN • 1♀; Bururi; May 1960; R.P. Giraudin leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Bututsi, Mugamba; Jul.-Aug. 1948; F.J. 
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leg.; KBIN • 1♂; Cankuzo, Ruvubu Park; Jun. 2010; F. Ngendakuriyo leg.; OBPE • 1♀; Kibira Tinyabakwe; 4 Nov. 2010; OBPE • 2♂♂; Makamba; 28-29 May 1948; F.J. 
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leg.; KBIN • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 May 1949 • 1♀; Mt Bururi; May 1948; F.J. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="François">Francois</normalizedToken>
leg.; KBIN • 1♂; Muhinga, Michinga Hill, Butezana; 11 May 1952; F.J. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="François">Francois</normalizedToken>
leg.; KBIN • 1♂; Mukungu; 26 [?] 2013; L. Ndayikeza leg.; OBPE • 1♀; Murmera-Umushiha; 2011; OBPE • 1♀; Nyakibande, Mumirwa; 27 Jan. 2018; E. Sinzinkayo leg.; OBPE • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Apr. 2019. Democratic Republic Of The Congo • 1♀; Bitale, Kalehe, Kivu; 23 May 1950; G. Marlier leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Boswenda; 22 Oct. 1914; J. Bequaert leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Bulira; Nov. 1932; L. Burgeon leg.; CNC • 2♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; KMMA • 1♀; Elisabethville [= Lubumbashi]; 25 Apr. 1927; M. Bequaert leg.; KMMA • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; [no date]; KBIN • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Sep. 1927 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Feb. 1928 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Sep. 1929 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Mar. 1930; L. Courtois leg.; KMMA • 1♀; 16 Sep. 1932; same collection data as for preceding; De Loose leg. • 1♂ 2♀♀; from Beni to Lesse; Jul. 1911; Murtula leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Ibanda, Ruwenzori Mts; 199; Ch. Alluaud leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Kabare, Shabunda; R. 
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leg.; KMMA • 5♂♂ 5♀♀; Kadjudju, Kivu; May-Jun. 1932; G. Babault leg.; MNHN • 7♂♂ 11♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; Aug. 1932 • 1♂ 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Sep. 1932 • 1♂; Kalembelembe, Baraka; Jul. 1918; R. 
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leg.; KMMA • 2♀♀; Kalimabenge River, Uvira; 23 Mar. 1949; G. Marlier leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Kansenia; Nov.-Dec. 1929; R.P. de Montpellier leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Kapanga; Oct. 1932; F.G. Overlaet leg.; KMMA • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Nov. 1933 • 1♂; Kitembo; 1927; G. Babault leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Lubudi; 1947; R. Claire leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Lubumbashi; 23 Jul. 1970; A.B. Stam leg.; KMMA • 1♂ 1♀; Lulenga, Kivu; Dec. 1927; Ch. Seydel leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Mulungu; 19-26 Nov. 1932; L. Burgeon leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Rutshuru, Parc National Albert, Kivu; 15-25 Sep. 1933; G.F. de Witte leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Ruwenzori Mt.; 26 Apr. 1914; AMNH • 1♀; Stanleyville [= Kisangani]; Mar. 1915,; KMMA; Lang and Chapin leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Tshamugussa, Parc National Albert; 8-15 Aug. 1934; G.F. de Witte leg.; KBIN • 1♀; Tshaya; 1932; G. Babault leg.; MNHN • 1♂ 1♀; Tshibinda; Kivu; Nov. 1927; Ch. Seydel leg.; KMMA • 2♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; Dec. 1927. Ethiopia • 2♀♀; Maraquo; 3 May 1914; O. Kovacs leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Mulata Mts, Harar; 22-25 Oct. 1920; AMNH. Kenya • 1♀; Gatamayu; 5 Feb. 1942; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Ilala, 14 mi E Mumias; 18-21 Jun. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 2♀♀; Jomboni Hills; May 1947; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂ 2♀♀; Kaimosi; Apr. 1922; NHMUK • 1♀; Kijabe; Feb. 1932; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂ 1♀; Mawakota; Apr. 1925; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Jul. 1929 • 1♂; Mombasa; Jun. 1926; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Apr. 1928 • 1♀; Nairobi; Aug. 1904; Ch. Alluaud leg.; MNHN • 2♂♂; Nairobi; Apr. 1927; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Nov. 1928 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; [no date]; F.J. Jackson leg. • 1♂; Ngong; 26 Oct. 1919; A. Loveridge leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Ngong; Apr. 1934; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Ngong; Feb. 1941; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂ 1♀; Nyeri; Dec. 1948; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; Taita Hills; Aug. 1947; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Tumutumu; Jan. 1939; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Apr. 1939 • 2♂♂; Yala River, S edge Kakumega Forest; 21-28 May 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK. Malawi • 1♀; Blantyre; 1914; J.B. Davey leg.; NHMUK • 2♂♂ 1♀; Cholo; R.C. Wood leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Fort Anderson [= Mlanje]; 24 Jul. 1908; R. Newstead leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Fort Johnston [= Mangochi]; Jan. 1910; H.N. Tate leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; Limbe; 25 Sep. 1916; R.C. Wood leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Maiwale; 12 m E. of Fort Johnston [= Mangochi]; 20 Sep. 1926; W.A. Lamborn leg.; OXUM [image examined only] • 1♂; Mlanje; 7 Dec. 1912; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Jan. 1913 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Feb. 1913 • 2♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 May 1913 • 1♀; Zomba; H.S. Stannus leg.; CNC • 4♀♀; Zomba; H.S. Stannus leg.; NHMUK. Mozambique • 1♀; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Revoué">Revoue</normalizedToken>
Valley, env. Andrada; Mar. 1905; G. Vasse leg.; MNHN. Rwanda • 1♂; Kibungu; Oct.-Dec. 1937; R. Verhulst leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Kisenyi; 14 Feb. 1952; A.E. Bertrand leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Rubona; 5 Apr. 1963; G. Pierrard leg.; KMMA • 1♂; Shangugu; 23 Oct.-15 Nov. 1948; F.J. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="François">Francois</normalizedToken>
leg.; KBIN. South Africa • 1♂; Entabeni Forest Station, Zoutpansberg; Jan. 1975; B. Stuckenberg leg.; NMSA • 1♀; Schroutzich, Zoutpansberg District; 29 Mar. 1922; J. Gowdey leg.; NMSA. Tanzania • 1♀; Bunduki; 30 Apr.-2 May 1957; P. Basilewsky and N. Leleup leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Kibonoto; 4 May 1906; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sjöstedt">Sjoestedt</normalizedToken>
leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Kibonoto; 2 May 1906; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sjöstedt">Sjoestedt</normalizedToken>
leg.; MNB • 2♀♀; Kilema; Mar. 1912; Alluaud and Jeannel leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Tshihinda; 21-27 Aug. 1931; J. Ogilvie leg.; CNC • 1♀; Ukami; MNHN. Uganda • 1♂; SE Ankole; 4-8 Oct. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 2♂♂ 2♀♀; W Ankole; 10-14 Oct. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley; 3-7 Nov. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 2♀♀; Budongo Forest, nr Lake Albert; Apr. 1972; E.B. Babyetagara leg.; CNC • 2♂♂; Diamond Trail, Ruwenzori; 6 Dec. 2018; K. Jordaens leg.; KMMA • 1♂ 1♀; Entebbe; 7-9 May 1912; C.C. Gowdey leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Fort Portal; Jan. 1909; Ch. Alluaud leg.; MNHN • 1♀; Ruhiza, Impenetrable Forest, Kigezi; 1-10 Jun. 1972; E.B. Babyetagara leg.; CNC • 1♀; Jinja; Aug. 1928; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Sep. 1928 • 1♀; Kayonza Forest, Kigezi District; May 1972; H. Falke leg.; CNC • 2♂♂ 4♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; E.B. Bayetagara leg. • 3♂♂ 4♀♀; Lower Ruwenzori Mountains; 14 Apr. 1973; H. Falke leg.; CNC • 1♀; Masinde; Feb. 1912; R. Fyffe leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Mpanga Forest; 26 Feb. 1912; J. Fraser leg.; NHMUK • 4♂♂ 5♀♀; Mt Elgon; 4-8 Dec. 1972; H. Falke leg.; CNC • 11♂♂ 17♀♀; Mt Kokanjera, SW of Elgon; 7-9 Aug. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Namwamba Valley; Dec. 1934-Jan. 1935; F.W. Edwards leg.; NHMUK • 2♀♀; Nkokonjera; 23 Dec. 1910; C.C. Gowdey leg.; NHMUK • 1♂; NW shores Vic. Nyanza; 12-15 Sep. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; Nyabushozi, North Ankole; 21 Jan. 1975; P. Mugabi leg.; CNC • 1♀; North Ruwenzori; 1-2 Nov. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 2♂♂ 6♀♀; Ruwenzori Foothills; 3-8 Jan. 1972; H. Falke leg.; CNC • 1♂ 3♀♀; Tero Forest, SE Buddu; 26-30 Sep. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♂ 1♀; Usuka; 7 Dec. 1910; C.C. Gowdey leg.; NHMUK. Zambia • 1♀; Abercorn; 23 Apr. 1951; F.O. Albrecht leg.; NHMUK. Zimbabwe • 1♂; Bomponi, Vumba; 16 May 1965; D. Cookson leg.; NMSA • 1♂; Cross Kopie, Umtali; 13 Feb. 1964; D. Cookson leg.; NMSA • 1♀; Mt Selinda; 8 Feb. 1954; N.J. Myers leg.; NMSA • 1♀; Salisbury [= Harare]; 1 Jan. 1952; J.M. Brown leg.; NMSA • 1♀; Umtali; 21 Jan. 1952; N.J. Myers leg.; NMSA • 1♂; N. Vumba; 6 Nov. 1965; D. Cookson leg.; NMSA.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures40-43" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486710" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 40–43" startId="F14">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 40-43.</emphasis>
Head, frontal and lateral view 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">S. nr umbrifera</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">40, 41</emphasis>
♂ 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">42, 43</emphasis>
♀).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Body length: 11.9-19.0 mm. Wing length: 8.7-13.5 mm.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Male</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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). Head (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 20–23" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 20 - 23. Head, frontal and lateral view S. elliotii Austen (20, 21 ♂ 22, 23 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures20-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486705" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">20</figureCitation>
, 
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). Eye bare; narrowly dichoptic, eyes separated for width at most equal to one facet, narrow separation for distance shorter than length of ocellar triangle; facets dorsally slightly larger, at most twice as large in diameter as ventral ones. Frons black-brown; largely subshiny with weak greyish pollinosity along dorsal and lateral margins; dispersed short dark pile, dorsally somewhat longer, sometimes pile more pale. Face ground colour black-brown; covered with dense silvery pollinosity except facial tubercle which is bare; in parts with dispersed short pale pile; facial tubercle strongly pronounced. Gena colour and pollinosity as face; with short to long pale pile. Occiput black-brown, covered with dull grey pollinosity; with dispersed pale pile except dorsally where sometimes darker yellow. Antennal segments black-brown to black, arista orange-brown.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures44-47" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486711" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 44–47" startId="F15">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 44-47.</emphasis>
Head, frontal and lateral view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">44, 45</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (♂ holotype) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">46, 47</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pennata" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="pennata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. pennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hervé-Bazin">Herve-Bazin</normalizedToken>
) (♀).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Thorax</emphasis>
(Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–55" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figures 52 - 55. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 52 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 53 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 54, 55 S. elliotii Austen (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures52-55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486713" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">54</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–55" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figures 52 - 55. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 52 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 53 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 54, 55 S. elliotii Austen (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures52-55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486713" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">55</figureCitation>
). Scutum and scutellum completely covered by dense pale to orange-yellow pollinosity; furthermore with dense short pile of same colour, pile longer along margins. Scutellum marginated; weakly rounded, 2.5 times wider than long. Pleura ground colour black-brown, covered with dispersed long predominantly dark pile except on meron, dorsomedial anepimeron, ventral part of katepimeron, anterior part of katepisternum and anterior anepisternum.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures48-51" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486712" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 48–51" startId="F16">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 48-51.</emphasis>
Head, frontal and lateral view 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. xanthorrhoea" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="xanthorrhoea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. xanthorrhoea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">48, 49</emphasis>
♂ 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">50, 51</emphasis>
♀).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Legs</emphasis>
. Black-brown, sometimes femora more red-brown; with short black pile, along posterior margin of pro- and mesofemora and ventral margin of metafemur with longer pile. Metaleg (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 80–85" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figures 80 - 85. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 80 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 81 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 82 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 83 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 84 S. flaviceps Macquart (♀) 85 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures80-85" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486720" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">82</figureCitation>
), femur thickened, with slight ventral swelling in apical fifth, pile more dense where swollen; tibia thickened and curved, pile along ventral margin in apical half to two-thirds longer and more dense.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Wing</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">68</figureCitation>
). Brownish throughout, sometimes with purplish shine when viewed from angle; alula hyaline and posterior margin narrowly and apex broadly paler; sometimes slightly paler maculae in centre of wing cells, paler areas not distinctly demarcated and sometimes absent; if present then usually in at least cells cup, dm, r4+5, and r2+3 (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">69-71</figureCitation>
) (in type of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis xanthorrhoea subsp. var. var. claricella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="xanthorrhoea" subSpecies="var." variety="claricella">Senaspis xanthorrhoea var. claricella</taxonomicName>
wing largely hyaline with slight fumose areas surrounding veins and cross-veins). Calypters dull chalk-white with fringe of silvery white pile; sometimes calypters and fringe more yellow. Cell r1 open (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">69</figureCitation>
) or closed, if closed usually not distinctly petiolate (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">70</figureCitation>
), rarely with very short petiole less than one third of height of stigma (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 68–73" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figures 68 - 73. Senaspis species, right wing 68 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 69 - 71 S. elliotii Austen close-up apical end 72 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 73 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures68-73" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486717" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">71</figureCitation>
). In type of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis xanthorrhoea subsp. var. var. claricella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="xanthorrhoea" subSpecies="var." variety="claricella">Senaspis xanthorrhoea var. claricella</taxonomicName>
narrowly open. Vein R4+5 sinuate and usually distinctly short appendiculate, rarely without appendix.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 91–96" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figures 91 - 96. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 91 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 92 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 93 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 94 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 95 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 96 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures91-96" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486722" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">93</figureCitation>
). Uniformly subshiny black to black-brown, postabdomen weakly brownish pollinose; with short dark pile except tergum 1 and postabdomen where pale pile. Sterna with long black pile. Male genitalia as in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102–113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">104</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Female.</emphasis>
As male except for the following character states: Eye dichoptic (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 20–23" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 20 - 23. Head, frontal and lateral view S. elliotii Austen (20, 21 ♂ 22, 23 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures20-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486705" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">22</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 20–23" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 20 - 23. Head, frontal and lateral view S. elliotii Austen (20, 21 ♂ 22, 23 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures20-23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486705" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">23</figureCitation>
), facets equal to subequal in size. Frons with brownish pollinose fascia in dorsal part for length equal to ocellar triangle, along dorsal and ventral margin of fascia narrowly greyish pollinose; frons usually with dispersed pale pile throughout, sometimes mixed with darker pile or completely black pile. Wing coloration variable, sometimes more uniformly brownish throughout but with more distinct hyaline maculae in several cells, rarely hyaline margins posteriorly broader. Cell r1 rarely narrowly open.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
The type of the variety 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis claricella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claricella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis claricella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
corresponds with the typical 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. elliotii" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="elliotii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. elliotii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in all aspects except for the wing characteristics as described above. The narrowly open cell 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">r1</emphasis>
was observed in other material. No other specimens with the hyaline maculae were observed in the material examined, although the extension and distinctiveness of hyaline maculae in the wing cells was observed to be variable. We suspect that it concerns a teneral specimen of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. elliotii" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="elliotii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. elliotii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
Several authors have spelled the name of this species in variant ways, i.e., as 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">elliottii</emphasis>
(e.g., 
<bibRefCitation author="Smith, KGV" editor="Crosskey, RW" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="488 - 510" refId="B46" refString="Smith, KGV, Vockeroth, JR, 1980. 38. Family Syrphidae. In: Crosskey, RW, Ed., Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: 488 - 510" title="38. Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region." year="1980">Smith and Vockeroth 1980</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eristalis ellioti" order="Cycadales" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ellioti">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Eristalis ellioti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., 
<bibRefCitation author="Speiser, P" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1448273" refId="B47" refString="Speiser, P, 1910. 5. Cyclorhapha, Aschiza. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru 10 (Diptera): 113-202. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1448273" title="5. Cyclorhapha, Aschiza. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru 10 (Diptera): 113 - 202." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1448273" year="1910">Speiser 1910</bibRefCitation>
) or 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">elliotti</emphasis>
(e.g., Curran 1927). In the original description 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08562.x" author="Austen, EE" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Zoological Society of London" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="85 - 102" refId="B2" refString="Austen, EE, 1909. Ruwenzori expedition reports. 10. Diptera. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 19: 85 - 102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08562.x" title="Ruwenzori expedition reports. 10. Diptera." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08562.x" volume="19" year="1909">Austen (1909)</bibRefCitation>
specifically stated that the species is named after Mr. G.H. Scott Elliot but indicated in the text that the specimens were collected by G.F. Scott Elliot (a Scottish botanist who collected in several African countries). In both cases the name was spelled as Elliot (with single 
<normalizedToken originalValue="‘t’">'t'</normalizedToken>
) and Austen gave the species name as 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Austen" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis elliotii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elliotii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis elliotii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This should be considered as the correct original spelling and alternative spellings should be considered as incorrect subsequent spellings according to article 33.4 of the ICZN.
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