Eumerus aurifrons ( Wiedemann, 1824 )

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Shehzad, Anjum, Dyola, Urmila, Qasim, Muhammad, Fatima, Noor & Maryam, Zershina, 2022, Two species of the hoverfly genus Eumerus Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) new record for Pakistan, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-10 : 2-3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.067
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7618056
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scientific name	Eumerus aurifrons ( Wiedemann, 1824 )
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Pipiza aurifrons Wiedemann, 1824: 52 View in CoL .

Type locality: 'W. Indies′ (Lectotype ZMUC 00024836: http://daim.snm.ku.dk/digitized-type-collection-details? catno=zmuc00024836).

Material examined: Pakistan. Punjab: Islamabad Capital Territory, Kachnar Park , 4♂, 14.x.2017 ; Trail 5, 1♂, 1♀, 14.x.2017 ; 1♀, 12.iv.2018, leg. M.A. Hassan (NIM).

Remarks: Eumerus aurifrons is remarkably similar to E. nepalensis , both possessing orange antennae, and densely haired eyes (see detailed diagnosis and comparative note under E. nepalensis ). At present, these two species can only be differentiated based on the presence of hind basitarsus flattened in females of Eumerus aurifrons , whereas hind basitarsus is normal, not flattened in females of E.nepalensis .

Distribution: Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Peshawar; Punjab: Murree), – Australia, China (Taiwan), Ghana, America (Hawaii), India (Bihar, Chandigarh, Jammu Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Indonesia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania ( Bigot, 1892; Paramonov, 1957; Smith &Vockeroth,1980; Ôhara & Kusigemati,1985; Ghorpadé & Shehzad, 2013; Ghorpadé, 2015, 2019; Mitra et al., 2015; Thompson & Vockeroth, 2016; Shehzad et al., 2017; Garcete-Barrett et al., 2020; Steenis et al., 2021).