Key for European species of the Cheilosia proxima group (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a description of a new species

Ante Vujić; Snežana Radenković; Sonja Trifunov; Tijana Nikolić

doi:10.3897/zookeys.269.4619

Key for European species of the Cheilosia proxima group (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a description of a new species

Zookeys. 2013 Feb 15:(269):33-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.269.4619. Print 2013.

Authors

Ante Vujić¹, Snežana Radenković, Sonja Trifunov, Tijana Nikolić

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

Abstract

A new hoverfly species, Cheilosia barbafacies Vujić & Radenković sp. n. (Diptera, Syrphidae), is described and distinguished from the closely related species Cheilosia pascuorum Becker, 1894, based on material collected from the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. Diagnostic characteristics and an identification key for the members of the proxima group of Cheilosia s. str., including the new taxon, are provided.

Keywords: Cheilosia barbafacies; Diptera; Syrphidae; new species; proxima group.