Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Elsevier BV
Source : Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2021.09.011
Keywords : Hover flies, Flower flies, India, Identification key, New synonym, Lectotype
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Agricultural Sciences
Year : 2022
Abstract : Flower fly species of the genus Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) in India are reviewed and two new species, M. flavoscutata Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov. and M. nigra Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov., are described from Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh (India), respectively. A new synonym is proposed: M. multipunctata (Hull, 1941) is synonymised under M. polistoides (Brunetti, 1923). Moreover, lectotypes are designated for Ceria patricia Brunetti, 1923 and Ceria tredecimpunctata Brunetti, 1923. An identification key to the Indian Monoceromyia species is also provided.
Cite this Research Publication : H. Sankararaman, S.S. Anooj, Ximo Mengual, Review of Indian species of Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of two new species, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Elsevier BV, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2021.09.011