Sphegina (Asiosphegina) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015

Steenis, Jeroen Van, Hippa, Heikki & Mutin, Valeri A., 2018, Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 489, pp. 1-198 : 61

Sphegina (Asiosphegina) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015

Figs 23B , 25D , 33A

Sphegina (Asiosphegina) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015: 16 . Type locality: Kambaiti, Myanmar (holotype, ♂, NHRS).

Material examined

CHINA • 1 ♂; “ CHINA Sichuan / Mt EMEI / 17–21.IX.1985 ”; “ 4 km N / XIANFENG / 1650 m ”; NBC .

Remarks

Earlier only known by the type material from Myanmar, Kambaiti ( Hippa et al. 2015). The specimen from China fits well within the variation range exhibited by the type material except for the frons which is more extensively shiny and the frontal prominence which is slightly more protruding.

Figures

Fig. 23. Habitus, lateral view. A. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) collicola sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, Malaysia. B. S. (A.) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, Ƌ, Myanmar. C. S. (A.) crinita sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Java, Indonesia. D. S. (A.) crinita sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Malaysia. E. S. (A.) crucivena Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. F. S. (A.) culex Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, holotype, Ƌ, Myanmar. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 25. Habitus, dorsal view. A. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) bracon sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. B. S. (A.) cf. bracon sp. nov., ♀, Vietnam. C. S. (A.) clavigera sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Vietnam. D. S. (A.) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. E. S. (A.) distincta sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. F. S. (A.) cf. furcillata sp. nov., ♀, Vietnam. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 33. Metaleg, anterior view. A. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) crassispina Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. B. S. (A.) crucivena Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, Ƌ, Myanmar. C. S. (A.) exilipes sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, Java. D. S. (A.) forficata Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, Ƌ, Myanmar. E. S. (A.) ghatsi sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, India. F. S. (A.) gigantea sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, China. G. S. (A.) gigas Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.