taxonID	type	description	language	source
8A0687C2FFBDFFF1CD80A59FFBE0FB76.taxon	description	(Figures 2 – 4, 9 a, 10 – 11)	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBDFFF1CD80A59FFBE0FB76.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. COLOMBIA: Risaralda, Pueblo Rico, Tatamá National Park, Vereda Montebello, Cañón del Rio Taiba, 5.21245, - 76.092473, 1690 – 1900 meters above the sea level [m a. s. l.], Bosque, 13 – 20. ix. 2014, leg. C. Bota-Sierra, Red Entomológica (3 ♀♀, CEUA 92869, ZFMK-DNA-FD 19584777, GenBank PP 979580, CEUA 92870,92871); Santander, Carmen de Chucurí, La Bodega, 6.660277, - 73.384553, 2300 – 2400 m, 16. viii. 2001, leg. P. Duque & A. Vélez, Van Someren-Rydon trap baited by fish (1 J, CEUA 69689); Nariño, Pialapi, 1.053441, - 77.863838, 2881 m, 21 – 25. iii. 1996, Leg. G. Castillo (1 ♀, CEUN 14750). Length. Body 13.2 mm; wing 10.8 mm.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBDFFF1CD80A59FFBE0FB76.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lycopale magnifica is similar in appearance to Lycopale rectilinea but can be easily distinguished from it by the facial vitta black (Figs 2 a, b, d, e and 4 a, b); antenna extensively black (Figs 2 a, b, d, e and 4 a, b); postpedicel trapezoid; scutum with a small median vitta before the transverse suture (Figs 3 a, b and 4 c); scutellum orange (Figs 3 a, b, 9 a); abdomen shiny purplish black in the background of the second tergum, with a triangular macula perpendicular to the lateral edge (Figs 2 c, f, 3 a, b). Redescription. Male. Head (Figs 2 a – b, 3 a, 4 a – c). Face yellow with broad black medial vitta reaching frontal prominence, white pilose and pruinose laterally, shiny and bare on medial vitta; gena orange-brown, shiny and bare anteriorly, white pilose and pruinose posteriorly; frontal triangle black, shiny except for very narrow grayish white pruinose vitta along eye margin, black and yellow pilose; vertical triangle black, black pilose; eyes bare, narrowly dichoptic, separated from eye margin by at least ocellus width; occiput white pruinose and pilose, except for a few black piles dorsally. Antenna: dark brown except for reddish orange basoventral 1 / 3 of postpedicel; postpedicel trapezoid; arista light yellow and pubescent. Thorax (Figs 2 b – c, 3 a, 4 a – c, 9 a). Dull black; postpronotum yellowish pruinose and pilose; scutum with two submedial yellow pruinose vittae throughout entire scutum length, in addition to one median vitta reaching the 3 / 4 of the scutum length; transversal suture yellowish pruinose and pilose; pre-scutellum vitta yellowish pruinose, rectangular-like and confluent with two submedial longitudinal vittae; postalar callus with yellow sublateral pruinose vitta on wing base, yellow pilose; pleuron brown, whitish grey pruinose, orange pilose; scutellum orange, orange pilose, except for a few black piles on disc; calypter orange, border brown, orange pilose marginally; plumula orange; halter pedicel orange; capitulum orange. Wing (Figs 2 b – c, 3 a, 4 b, d). Hyaline except for orange basal 1 / 2, brownish black apical 1 / 2; microtrichose, except for bare areas on posterior half of cells cup and dm, bare also on anterior half of cell bm; alula bare basomedially; tegula and basicosta orange pilose. Legs (Figs 2 a – c, 3 a, 4 b). Orange, coxae and trochanters orange, orange pruinose and pilose; profemur orange, orange pilose, mesofemur orange pilose except black apicoventrally; metafemur orange, orange pilose except black pilose ventrally, in addition to some black piles on apicodorsal 1 / 4; hind tibia orange pilose except for some black pile on basoventral 1 / 3. Abdomen (Figs 2 b – c, 3 a, 4 d, 9 a). Shiny purplish black, pile mainly orange-yellow; first tergum brown grey pruinose, orange pilose on basolateral margin; second tergum with large triangular oblique macula perpendicular to lateral edge, orange pilose, except for black pile on apicolateral margin and medially; third tergum with narrow basal yellow tomentose fasciae separated medially, orange pilose except for black pile on apicolateral margin and medially; sterna brown, orange pilose; male genitalia as in Figs 3 c – e, purplish black, grey pruinose, yellow and black pilose. Female (Figs 2 d – f and 3 b). Similar to male, except for normal sexual dimorphism and: on frontal triangle grayish white pruinose vitta along eye margin wider than in male, triangular oblique macula on second tergum larger than in male, terga extensively covered with orange golden pile. Body length 12.1 – 12.3 mm; wing length 9.3 – 9.8 mm. Differential diagnosis. Lycopale magnifica is similar in appearance to Lycopale rectilinea, from which it differs in having the following combination of characters: facial vitta black (Figs 2 a, b, d, e and 4 a, b) (versus facial vitta yellow (J) or reddish brown (♀) in L. rectilinea); antenna extensively black (Figs 2 a, b, d, e and 4 a, b) (versus brownish orange in L. rectilinea); both species with two submedial yellow pollinose vittae, confluent with a transverse vitta before scutellum base, but in Lycopale magnifica (Figs 3 a, b and 4 c) the scutum has a small median vitta before the transverse suture (versus scutum without a small median vitta before transverse suture in L. rectilinea (Fig. 9 b )); scutellum orange (Figs 3 a, b, 9 a) (versus scutellum dull brownish to shining blackish in L. rectilinea); abdomen shiny purplish black in the background (Figs 2 c, f, 3 a, b) (versus abdomen extensively black in the background in L. rectilinea (Fig. 9 b )).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBDFFF1CD80A59FFBE0FB76.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. MONTOYA (2016) recorded Lycopale magnifica from the Eastern Mountain range (Santander, Carmen de Chucurí) in Colombia and herein, it is recorded from the Western Mountain range (Risaralda, Pueblo Rico, Montezuma) for the first time (Figs 1 I, 10 – 11), inhabiting the Andean montane forest from 1690 to 2400 meters of elevation. Recently, MONTOYA & BOTA- SIERRA (2023) recorded a female specimen carrying the “ louse flies ”, Ornithoica vicina (Walker, 1849) (Hippoboscoidae: Ornithoicinae: Olfersiini) hitchhiking on the abdomen dorsum (Fig. 2 f). The species is also distributed in Ecuador: Pichincha (Locality Nambillo Valley, near Mindo, - 0.067991 - 78.743024, 1450 m, BMNH) (Natural History Museum 2024), a locality situated about 155 km from Nariño, Pialapi, which corresponds to the most southwestern record in Colombia.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBDFFF1CD80A59FFBE0FB76.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The type material of Plagiocera magnifica was examined from photos (Fig. 4) provided by Amoret Spooner and Robert Douglas (OUMNH). The species was labeled as Colombia but the particular locality was not provided. The terminalia of Lycopale magnifica was described based on additional material since the holotype terminalia were not dissected.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	description	(Figs 5, 6, 9 g, 10 – 11)	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. HOLOTYPE: Adult J, pinned. Original label: “ COLOMBIA, Antioquia, Belmira, Cabaña Cabildo Verde, El Morro-Alto de La Gallina ” / “ 6,634233, - 75,658654, 2966 – 3020 m ” / “ 2 – 13. xii. 2017, A. L. Montoya ” “ HOLOTYPE / Lycopale mendozai sp. nov. / Montoya 2023 ” [red, handwritten except first line] (CEUA 103237, dissected). PARATYPES: COLOMBIA: Antioquia, Belmira, Cabaña Cabildo Verde, El Morro-Alto de La Gallina, 6.634233, - 75.658654, 2966 – 3020 m, Bosque, Red entomológica [Net], 4 – 14. xii. 2016, A. L. Montoya; J. Torres; J. D. Carmona (1 ♀, CEUA 103271); Antioquia, Belmira, Cabaña Cabildo Verde, El Morro-Alto de La Gallina, 6.634233, - 75.658654, 2966 – 3020 m, Paramo, Net, ex Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don, 25. iii. – 5. iv. 2017, A. L. Montoya; C. Rodríguez; J. D. Carmona (1 ♀, CEUA 97946, ZFMK-DNA-FD 19584738, GenBank PP 979581); Antioquia, Belmira, Vereda Río Arriba, Sector Laguna de Sabanas, 6.640931, - 75.665335, 2850 – 2950 m, Forest, Red entomológica [Net], flying around the Bromeliad species, Guzmania coriostachya (Griseb.) Mez (Bromeliaceae Juss.), 16. – 27. ix. 2017, A. L. Montoya (2 JJ, CEUA 95141 - 95142); Sonsón, Vereda Nori Cerro Nori, 5.809667, - 75.269028, 2840 – 2853 m, Bosque, Red entomológica [Net], 25. xi – 5. xii. 2018, A. L. Montoya; A. M. Echeverry (1 ♀, CEUA 114201). Length. Body 8.2 – 9.1 mm; wing 8.4 – 8.8 mm.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lycopale mendozai is similar in appearance to Lycopale lipoflava, but can be separated from it by eye pilose (Figs 6 a – b, 4 a – c); scutum dull black, with two submedial whitish grey pruinose vittae in the basal half (Fig. 9 g); pre-scutellum without vitta or tomentose hairs (Fig. 9 g); wing hyaline except for brown on anterior margin (Fig. 9 g); abdomen shiny black, second to fourth terga with yellow apical margin (Figs 6 b – c, 7 a, 9 g).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	description	Description. Male. Head (Figs 6 a – b, 4 a – c). Face black, facial vitta black, white pruinose before frontal prominence; gena black, yellow whitish pilose and pruinose; frontal triangle white, white and black pilose; vertical triangle black, grey pruinose, black pilose; eyes pilose, narrowly dichoptic, separated from eye margin by more than ocellus width; occiput black pruinose and pilose on dorsal 1 / 4 and white pruinose and pilose on ventral 3 / 4. Antenna: black; arista light yellow and pubescent. Thorax (Figs 6 b – d, 7 c, 9 g). Scutum dull blue-black pruinose and pilose; postpronotum black pruinose and pilose; scutum with two submedial whitish grey pruinose vittae from base, reaching 3 / 4 of scutum length; transversal suture without vitta or tomentose pile; pre-scutellum extensively black, without vitta or tomentose pile; postalar callus black and golden pilose; pleuron dark blue, grey white pruinose, white pilose, except for black pile on posterior anepisternon and anterior anepimeron dorsally; scutellum black, black pilose; calypter black, black pilose marginally; plumula white; halter pedicel dark brown; capitulum dark brown. Wing (Figs 6 b – e, 7 b – d). Hyaline except for brown anterior half; microtrichose, except for bare areas on posterior half of cells cup and dm, bare extensively on cell bm; alula bare basomedially; tegula black pilose and basicosta orange pilose. Legs (Figs 6 a – b, 7 a). Black, golden pilose, metafemur with some black pile on apicodorsal 1 / 4. Abdomen (Figs 6 b – c, 7 a, 9 g). Shiny yellowish white pilose; first tergum grey pruinose, with long yellowish- - white pile; second to fourth terga black, narrowly yellow on apical margin, yellowish white pilose; male genitalia as Fig. 6. Female (Figs 5 d – f). Similar to the male, except for normal sexual dimorphism and: the brown anterior half of the wing is darker than in male, abdomen mostly covered with black pile. Body length 7.3 – 8.1 mm; wing length 8.0 – 8.6. Differential diagnosis. Lycopale mendozai sp. nov. keys out to Lycopale lipoflava in the keys of THOMPSON (2012). Lycopale mendozai sp. nov. can be separated from Lycopale lipoflava by eye pilose (versus eye bare in L. lipoflava); scutum dull black, with two submedial whitish grey pruinose vittae in the basal half, Fig. 9 g (versus scutum without pruinose maculae in L. lipoflava, Fig. 9 f); transverse suture without vitta or tomentose pile, Fig. 9 g (versus transverse suture with a row of short yellow tomentose pile in L. lipoflava, Fig. 9 f); pre-scutellum without vitta or tomentose hairs, Fig. 9 g (versus pre-scutellum with vitta and a prominent patch of golden tomentose hairs in L. lipoflava, figure 9 f); wing hyaline except for brown anterior part (versus wing hyaline in L. lipoflava).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ mendozai ” is given in honor of the Colombian writer, Mario Mendoza Zambrano, one of the greatest exponents of the new Latin-American narrative. His visceral writing narrates everyday stories in brutal, ruthless, fast, sarcastic, critical and direct literature. His writings describe misty cities and their gloomy, enigmatic and mad characters throughout the crime, mystic, underground and prophetic surrealism into agile and concise prose of fantastic novels. His writings are aimed primarily at young people, inviting them to learn to think about complexities, becoming a true pleasure to read, characterized by its rhythm and hyperrealistic aesthetic. The dark colors and yellow tints of the new species evoke the magnificent black mood and colored sarcasm that is highlighted in the stories of his dark, gloomy, mysterious, and enigmatic characters. This beautiful flower fly species that inhabits the Colombian pristine forest and Paramo ecosystems was named after him in gratitude and recognition of his legacy for future generations.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFBFFFFFCDE0A7CCFBCAFAF5.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. Lycopale mendozai sp. nov. occurs in sympatry with L. radioheadi sp. nov. in the Magdalena Valley montane forests in northwestern Colombia. Part of the type material of Lycopale mendozai sp. nov. was collected inside a forest flying around the native bromeliad, Guzmania coriostachya (Griseb.) Mez (Bromeliaceae) (Fig. 1 H).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	description	(Figs 7 – 8, 9 h, 10 – 11)	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. HOLOTYPE: Adult J, pinned. Original label: “ COLOMBIA, Antioquia, Sonsón, Vereda Nori Cerro Nori ” / “ 5,812861, - 75,268444, 3022 – 3045 m [eters], Paramo, Red entomológica [Net] ” / “ 1 – 12. ix. 2018, A. M. Echeverry; A. L. Montoya ”. “ HOLOTYPE / Lycopale radioheadi sp. nov. / Montoya 2023 ” [red, handwritten except the first line] (CEUA 103529, dissected). PARATYPES: COLOMBIA: Antioquia, Belmira, Paramo Santa Inés, Vereda Río Arriba, Sector Laguna de Sabanas, 6.640931, - 75.665335, 2850 – 2950 m, Bosque, Red entomológica [Net], 16 – 27. ix. 2017, A. L. Montoya (1 J, CEUA 103258); … Paramo, flying around Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber ex F. H. Wigg., Prim. Fl. Holsat., 25. iii. – 5. iv. 2017, A. L. Montoya; C. Rodríguez; J. D. Carmona (1 J, CEUA 93560); Cabaña Cabildo Verde, El Morro-Alto de La Gallina, 6.632639, - 75.645267, 3170 – 3200 m, Paramo, Trampa de Emergencia [Emergency trap], Decomposing wood log, 12 – 14. iv. 2016, A. L. Montoya; J. Torres; J. D. Carmona (1 ♀, CEUA 95143); Bello, San Félix, Las Baldías, 6.33931, - 75.60801, 2950 – 3150 m, Paramo, Red entomológica [Net], 17. ii. 2013, A. L. Montoya (1 J, CEUA 73227); Bello, San Félix, Las Baldías, 6.33931, - 75.60801, 2950 – 3150 m, Paramo, Red entomológica [Net], 23. v. 2015 (1 J, CEUA 87185); Sonsón, Vereda Nori Cerro Nori, 5.809667, - 75.269028, 2840 – 2853 m, Bosque, Trampa malaise suelo [Malaise trap ground], 31. iii – 7. vii. 2018, A. L. Montoya; J. P. Carmona (1 ♀, CEUA 103427); Sonsón, Vereda San Francisco, Cerro Las Palomas A, 5.725443, - 75.263638, 2927 – 2980 m, Potrero, Red entomológica [Net], 2 – 19. ii. 2019, J. Sauceda; I. Ceballos; M. I. Salinas; D. Uchima & A. Mejía (1 J, CEUA 114094, ZFMK-DNA-FD 119585551, GenBank PP 979582. ECUADOR: Napo Province, Reserva Ecológica Antisana, Jumandy Inca trail, from Virgen de Guacamayos to Sector Sarayacu, from - 0.625461, - 77.841658 to - 0.692165, - 77.820256, 1305 – 2260 m, 2. ix. 2019, leg. X. Mengual (1 ♀, ZFMK-DIP- 00068601, INABIO). Length. Body 10.2 – 10.6 mm; wing 7.4 – 10.8 mm.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lycopale radioheadi sp. nov. is similar to Lycopale lizeri but can be separated from it by facial vitta and gena yellow (Figs 7 a – b, 8 a); antenna orange, except for dorsally brown postpedicel (Figs 7 a – b, 8 a); postpronotum black pruinose (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a, 9 h); scutum with two submedial and one medial grayish white vittae reaching 3 / 4 of scutum length (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a, 9 h); pre-scutellum extensively black, without vitta (Fig. 9 h); wing hyaline, except for light orange brown anteriorly (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a); metafemur bright orange, except for light reddish brown on apical 1 / 2 (Figs 7 a – c, 8 a); second tergum orange, with basal maculae occupying the full lateral width and extending medially into a triangular basomedial black vitta (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a, 9 h).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	description	Description. Male. Head (Figs 7 a – b, 8 a). Face orange yellow with broad orange medial vitta, yellow pilose; gena orange, yellow pilose and pruinose; frontal triangle brown, black and yellow pilose; vertical triangle black, black pilose; eyes bare, narrowly dichoptic, separated from eye margin by at least ocellus width; occiput white pruinose and pilose, except for a few black piles dorsally. Antenna: orange, except for postpedicel brown on dorsal 1 / 3; arista light yellow and pubescent. Thorax (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a, 9 h). Dull black; postpronotum yellowish pilose; scutum with two submedial and one medial grayish white vitta from base, reaching 3 / 4 scutum length, yellow and black pile intermixed; pleuron dark grey pruinose, yellow pilose, except for dorsally black pilose posterior anepisternum; scutellum orange, black pilose; calypter white, border brown, brown pilose marginally; plumula orange; halter pedicel white; capitulum white. Wing (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a). Hyaline except for light orange brownish anteriorly; extensively microtrichose; tegula black pilose, basicosta orange pilose. Legs (Figs 7 a – c, 8 a). Orange, orange pilose, coxae and trochanters dark grey pruinose and golden pilose; pro- and mesofemur golden pilose, except for black pilose on posterodorsal margin; metafemur bright orange, orange pilose, except for black pile ventrally, in addition to some black pile on apicodorsal 1 / 4; hind tibia with some black pile on basoventral 1 / 3. Abdomen (Figs 7 b – c, 8 a, 9 h). Orange, orange and black pilose; first tergum black, grey pruinose, long orange pilose; second tergum orange, with basal maculae occupying full lateral width and extending medially into triangular basomedial black vitta, orange pilose, except for black pile on apicolateral margin and medially; third to fourth terga with orange, with triangular diamond-shape basomedial black vitta, orange pilose, except for black pile on apicolateral margin and medially; fifth tergum orange, orange pilose; sterna orange, orange pilose; male genitalia as Figs 8 c – e, orange to brown, grayish pruinose and orange golden pilose. Female (Figs 7 d – f, 8 b). Similar to male, except for normal sexual dimorphism and the following: antennae darker than in male; abdominal maculae triangular, approximately equilateral, comparatively shorter than in male; fifth tergum with triangular macula. Body length 9.7 – 10.1 mm; wing 7.3 – 9.9 mm.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Lycopale radioheadi sp. nov. keys out to Lycopale lizeri in the keys of THOMPSON (2012). Lycopale radioheadi sp. nov. can be separated from L. lizeri by facial vitta and gena yellow (versus facial vitta and gena black in L. lizeri); antenna orange, except for dorsally brown postpedicel (versus antenna ferruginous, yellowish in L. lizeri); postpronotum black pruinose, Fig. 9 h (versus postpronotum yellow pruinose in L. lizeri, Fig. 9 e); scutum with two submedial and one medial grayish white vittae from base, reaching 3 / 4 scutum length, Fig. 9 h (versus scutum with three submedial golden pruinose vittae throughout the entire scutum length, confluent with a transverse vitta before scutellum base in L. lizeri, Fig. 9 e); pre-scutellum extensively black, without vitta, Fig. 9 h (versus pre-scutellum orange, rectangular and confluent with longitudinal vittae in L. lizeri, Fig. 9 e); wing hyaline, except for light orange brown anteriorly (versus wing hyaline in L. lizeri); metafemur bright orange, except for light reddish brown on apical 1 / 2 (versus metafemur brownish basally and orange on apical 1 / 2 or more in L. lizeri); second tergum orange, with basal maculae occupying the full lateral width and extending medially into a triangular basomedial black vitta (versus second tergum black grey, covered with a deeply black pubescence except for a transverse median line which widens on the edges and in the midline in L. lizeri).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet radioheadi is given in honor of the English rock band Radiohead (formed in 1985), for their extraordinary music, considered one of the most influential bands in contemporary alternative rock. Radiohead is an environmental activist band that raises awareness of climate change and socio-political issues. Their melodies were a source of inspiration and an excellent company while conducting this study. The species name is a masculine noun in the genitive case.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB1FFFCCDFBA64CFE56FA16.taxon	distribution	Distribution and natural history. Lycopale radioheadi sp. nov. is only known from the type localities in the Magdalena Valley and Eastern Mountain range Real Montane Forests ecoregions. The species is restricted to pristine forests and Paramo ecosystems (sky islands) in the Paramo complexes of Santa Ines Belmira and Sonsón at elevations between 2840 and 3020 m in isolated areas in northwestern Central Mountain range in Colombia and eastern slope of Eastern Mountain range in Ecuador (Figs 10 – 11). The habitats where the specimens were collected are covered mainly by shrubby plants and inhabited by endemic species (Figs 1 a – g).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCECBA0DBFD63F9B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southeastern Brazil: Paraná (- 31.741222, - 60.511178, 66 m), Rio Grande do Sul (- 29.364644, - 51.665771, 412 m), Santa Catarina (Nova Teutônia, - 27.161084, - 52.428271, 401 m) (THOMPSON et al. 1976; THOMPSON et al. 2006; MORALES & MARINONI 2024). Altitudinal distribution. 66 – 412 m.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCECBA0DBFD63F9B4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Photos of the holotype of Habromyia chrysotaenia are available on the AMNH website: https: // emu-prod. amnh. org / imulive / iz / iz. html? # details = ecatalogue. 10020970. Additional photos are available at: https: // syrphidae. myspecies. info / taxonomy / term / 983 / media. Thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 9 c.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCF20A50DFAA4FC56.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ♀ (CUI). Lycopale lipoflava. THOMPSON (2012): 13 (key).	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCF20A50DFAA4FC56.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Perú: Arequipa province (Yura, - 16.252244, - 71.683583, 2587 m), Huarochirí (Lima, Matucana, - 11.840734, - 76.379643, 2425 m) to Chile: Arica y Parinacota (Murmutani, - 18.353522, - 69.55256, 3529 m, Copaquilla, - 18.393592, - 69.641787, 3005 m, Chapiquiña, - 18.395544, - 69.537426, 3325 m, Timar, - 18.750998, - 69.692427, 2453 m), Atacama (Quebrada Vizcachas, - 27.303387, - 69.273441, 4229 m), Metropolitana (Farellones, - 33.329131, - 70.245461, 2016 m), OʼHiggins (Cerro La Rancahua, - 18.119722, - 69.37000, 4792 m), Tarapacá (Tamarugal, Miñe-Miñe, - 20.206514, - 69.287144, 2063 m), Tapacá (Tamarugal, Camiña, - 19.311066, - 69.427000, 2508 m, Tamarugal, Parca, - 20.011878, - 69.202960, 2838 m, Tamarugal, Mamiña, - 20.074215, - 69.216777, 2737 m) (THOMPSON et al. 1976, 2006; BARAHONA et al. 2021). Altitudinal distribution. 2016 – 4792 m.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCF20A50DFAA4FC56.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Photos of the holotype of Habromyia lipoflava are available on the AMNH website: https: // emu-prod. amnh. org / imulive / iz / iz. html? # details = ecatalogue. 10022475. Thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 9 f. BARAHONA et al. (2021: fig. 50: 43) provide an additional photo of a male specimen.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCDF6A0A3FC63F91C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Argentina: Córdoba (Punilla, La Cumbre, - 30.709764, - 64.571589, 1144 m), Lules (Tucumán province, Villa Nougués, - 26.852556, - 65.380939, 1408 m), Mendoza (Las Heras, - 32.621772, - 69.36653, 1832 m), Yungas (Montane Forest, 600 – 1500 m) (THOMPSON et al. 1976; THOMPSON et al. 2006). MAZA et al. (2023) also record- ed the species in the provinces of Córdoba and Tucumán. Altitudinal distribution. 600 – 1144 m.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFFBCDF6A0A3FC63F91C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 9 e. Photos of the holotype of Meromacrus vittata housed in the USNM are available on the website: http: // n 2 t. net / ark: / 65665 / 34 bdbd 2 df- 449 d- 4 a 11 - b 5 d- 5 - 8663 d 45267 c 6.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFF9CD88A45DFB06F7F8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Peru: Huanoabamba (- 5.238991, - 79.450699, 1938 m) and Chanchamayo (- 11.062010, - 75.334893, 750 m) to Bolivia: Rio Songo [Zongo] Ost (- 15.716472, - 67.676000, 530 m), La Paz (Pedro Domingo Murillo, - 15.716744, - 67.678122, 507 m) (THOMPSON et al. 1976, 2006). Altitudinal distribution. 507 – 1938 m.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB5FFF9CD88A45DFB06F7F8.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Information regarding the syntype and cotype specimens in the CNC is available in COOPER & CUMMING (1993), BROOKS et al. (2003) and DENNER (2017). Photos of the syntype of Habromyia rectilinea are available on the CNC website: https: // www. cnc. agr. gc. ca / taxonomy / Specimen. php? id = 740928. The thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 9 b.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB6FFF8CF24A3C4FE82FD23.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico: Hidalgo (Tlalchinol, km 1 Pachuca – Tampico Road, 20.858790, - 98.833682, 1415 m, USNM), Chiapas (Huitepec, 5 km west San Cristobal, 2750 m, San Cristobal de las Casas, Huitepec, 16.845374, - 92.841545, 2300 m, ECO-TAP-E), Guatemala: Zacapa (road to Plateau, north of San Lorenzo, trail beyond campsite, hill in Cloud Forest, 15.002647, - 90.114863, 2218 m) (THOMPSON 2012). Additional record from Nicaragua (https: // inaturalist. lu / observations / 116767289). Altitudinal distribution. 1400 – 2300 m.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
8A0687C2FFB6FFF8CF24A3C4FE82FD23.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Thoracic and abdominal patterns are illustrated in figure 9 d.	en	Montoya, Augusto León (2024): Description of two new species of Lycopale (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwestern Tropical Andes hotspot, with the redescription of Lycopale magnifica. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 64 (2): 307-325, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.022, URL: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.022
