Sphegina amamiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphegina
Species:
S. amamiensis
Binomial name
Sphegina amamiensis
Shiraki, 1968[1]

Sphegina (Asiosphegina) amamiensis is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae found in Japan. It is easily identified by the wide bifid lobe on the male sternum IV which is located on the right side; in most other species it is located on the left.[2]

Etymology

The name comes from Amami Ōshima where S. amamiensis was first discovered.[3]

Description

S. (A.) amamiensis has a short frontal prominence. The face is black; mouth edge dark brown; pro- and mesotarsus with tarsomeres 4 and 5 black; metafemur black and yellow biannulate; tergum I with an oblique row of light yellow setae at lateral margin; tergum III with red-brown fascia on anterior ½. The basal flagellomere is oval, the arista short and pilose; scutellum with setae rather long and closely set.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shiraki, T. (1968). Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna Japonica. Japan: Biogeographical Society of Japan. pp. Vol. II, 243 pp., XL pls., Vol. III, 272 pp., XLVII pls.
  2. 1 2 Steenis, J. van; Hippa, H.; Mutin, V.A. (2018). "Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 489: 1–198. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) license.
  3. ↑ "Sphegina amamiensis Shiraki, 1968". NIAES. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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