[HTML][HTML] Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera

FC Thompson, JH Skevington - Zootaxa, 2014 - biotaxa.org
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 …

DNA barcoding applied: identifying the larva of Merodon avidus (Diptera: Syrphidae)

A Andrić, B Šikoparija, D Obreht, M Dan… - Acta Entomologica …, 2014 - biotaxa.org
The immature stages of phytophagous hoverflies and their plant hosts are mostly unknown.
This paper describes the larva of Merodon avidus Rossi, 1790 (Diptera: Syrphidae), based …

The relationship between morphological and behavioral mimicry in hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

HD Penney, C Hassall, JH Skevington… - The American …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Palatable (Batesian) mimics of unprofitable models could use behavioral mimicry to
compensate for the ease with which they can be visually discriminated or to augment an …

Identification of the most common predatory hoverflies of Mediterranean vegetable crops and their parasitism using multiplex PCR

P Gomez-Polo, M Traugott, O Alomar, C Castañé… - Journal of pest …, 2014 - Springer
The larvae of many hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are important polyphagous predators
used in integrated pest management programs. Because the accurate identification of …

[PDF][PDF] Revision of the genus Pelecinobaccha Shannon, description of Relictanum gen. nov., and redescription of Atylobaccha flukiella (Curran, 1941)(Diptera …

GFG Miranda, SA Marshall, JH Skevington - Zootaxa, 2014 - mapress.com
Recent phylogenetic analyses of Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed
the paraphyly of this genus and provided evidence to divide it into several monophyletic …

[PDF][PDF] Spazigasteroides a new genus from China with a black face and scutellum in the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae)

KK Huo - Zootaxa, 2014 - mapress.com
In the present paper, the genus Spazigasteroides gen. nov.(Diptera, Syrphidae), with
Spazigasteroides caeruleus sp. nov. as type species, is described from China. The new …

Paragus caligneus sp. nov., a new Afrotropical species of flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae)

A Ssymank, X Mengual - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 2014 - biotaxa.org
A new species of flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) is described, Paragus caligneus sp. nov. A
full description with images is given, as well as a species key for the subgenus Afroparagus …