A new genus and species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae: Syrphini) are described from central Africa (Kenya & Uganda), Afrostoma quadripunctatum. A key to the Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Syrphinae is given. A review of the melanostomine [Bacchini] genera and subgenera is provided along with a key to them. Phylogenetic placement of Afrostoma is included based on mitochond...

Recently (2013-2014), several hoverfly specimens from two localities in Benin and Cameroon (West and Central Africa) were caught from a species that we could not identify using existing identification keys for Afrotropical Syrphidae. Specific identification as Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius) was accomplished using morphology and various Neotropical identification keys. Corroboration of this iden...

abstract the syrphidae family with almost 6000 described species, 15 tribes and 3 subfamilies is one of the largest families of diptera. they known as hoverflies or flowerflies. the larvae of subfamily syrphinae are considered the specialized aphidophagous predators play an important role in the reduction of aphid populations in agroecosystems. almost all the adult syrphids feed on pollen or ne...

A list of 101 species hoverflies recorded from three high altitudinal belts in the Eastern Sayan mountain region is given. Most belong to subfamilies Syrphinae (60 species) and Eristalinae (38 species), while Pipizinae Microdontinae are presented by two one species, respectively. Totally, 96 were found forest zone, 37 tundra only Platycheirus chilosia has been caught golsty belt. New synonymy e...

Sequence data from 420 bp of mitochondrial 12s ribosomal DNA and 490 bp of 16s rDNA were analyzed for 27 species of Syrphoidea (Diptera) and two outgroup taxa. Morphological data for the Pipunculidae were combined with the pipunculid molecular data set. A partition homogeneity test on these data sets revealed no significant incongruence. The pipunculid phylogeny from molecular data closely rese...