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| Monoceromyia nigra Sankararaman, Anooj & Mengual, 2022 |
Highlights
• Indian species of the genus Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) are revised.
• Two new species are described: M. flavoscutata sp. nov. and M. nigra sp. nov.
• Monoceromyia multipunctata is synonymized under M. polistoides.
• Lectotypes are designated for Ceria patricia and Ceria tredecimpunctata.
• An identification key to Indian species of Monoceromyia is provided.
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.
Keywords: Hover flies, Flower flies, India, Identification key, New synonym, Lectotype
Monoceromyia flavoscutata Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov.
Etymology: The species epithet flavoscutata refers to the yellow scutellum, by which it differs from closely related M. trinotata and M. tredecimpunctata.
Monoceromyia nigra Sankararaman, Anooj and Mengual, sp. nov.
Etymology: The species epithet ‘nigra’ means black in Latin, referring to the black mesonotum, pleuron and scutellum.
H. Sankararaman, S. S. Anooj and Ximo Mengual. 2022. Review of Indian Species of Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) with Description of Two New Species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 25(1); 101820. DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2021.09.011