Sphegina asciiformis
| Sphegina asciiformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Sphegina |
| Species: | S. asciiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphegina asciiformis | |
Sphegina (Asiosphegina) asciiformis is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae found in India.[2]
Description[edit]
In female specimens, body length is 4.0 millimeters and wing length is 4.0 millimeters. The face is black; gena black, mouth edge red-brown with large triangular non-pollinose shiny area; occiput black; antenna brown to black; thorax dark brown to black; scutellum black, shiny, and semi-circular; pro- and mesoleg yellow; metafemur black and yellow biannulate, incrassate; metatibia black and yellow biannulate; metatarsus entirely black, basal tarsomere thick. A rather wide semi-circular area posterior of the lunula is non-pollinose and shiny. The arista is long. No male specimens are known.[2]
Related Species[edit]
S. (A.) asciiformis' hyaline wing, oblique vein dm-cu, and short tergum II are similar to S. (A.) apicalis, S. (A.) farinosa, and S. (A.) nubicola, but differs by the entirely yellow pro- and mesolegs (in all others at least tarsomeres 4 and 5 of the pro- and mesotarsus are black) and by the entirely black abdomen.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Brunetti, E. (1915). "Notes on Oriental Syrphidae, with descriptions of new species, Pt. II". Records of the Indian Museum. 11: 201–256, pl. 13. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Steenis, J. van; Hippa, H.; Mutin, V.A. (2018). "Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 489: 1–198. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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