Callicera nitens Coe, 1964

Sengupta, Jayita, Naskar, Atanu, Parui, Panchanan, Homechaudhuri, Sumit & Banerjee, Dhriti, 2020, A New Record From The Genus Callicera Panzer, 1809 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) From India, Munis Entomology & Zoology 15 (1), pp. 140-144 : 141-142

Callicera nitens Coe, 1964

( Figs. 1 A-1F)

1964. Callicera nitens Coe. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. , 15: 287.

Type location: Nepal.

Material examined: 3 ♂♂, Tukpa Valley, Kinnaur district, 2530 mt, 31°25'59"N, 78°14 '36"E, 15.iv.18, coll: J.Sengupta.

Diagnosis: Head: Shining black in colour, covered sparsely with golden orange hairs. Antennae comparatively long with basoflagellomere having excessively long terminal arista. Arista terminal in appearance. Frons less densely haired than face. Thorax: Entirely shining black in colour and covered with dense hairs. Hairs predominantly black on notopleuron, posterior anepisternum and on scutellum rim. Abdomen: Shining black in colour and highly covered with pubescences. 1 st and 2 nd abdominal segments covered with dense white pubescences. Whereas hairs covering rest of the segments are brown yellow to black in colour. Legs: Dark brown to yellow brown in colour. Tibia covered with white coloured pubescences. Trochanters entirely brownish orange, claws usually bicolored. Wing: Clear in appearance, brown suffusion across the middle of wing. Wing venation normal. Microtrichia present in very few abundance. All veins yellow orange in appearance.

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur: Tukpa Valley.

Distribution: Elsewhere: Oriental Region ( Nepal).

Figures

Figures 1A-1E. Dorsal view of head, Dorsal view of thorax, habitus, lateral view of wing and lateral view of leg of Callicera nitens, Coe, 1964.