1. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species
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Ante Vujić, Snežana Radenković, Zorica Nedeljković, Laura Likov, and Tamara Tot
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Male ,new synonym ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Zoology ,Identification key ,Paragus megacercus sp. nov ,Afrotropical Region ,Genus ,Animalia ,Animals ,Syrphidae ,Endemism ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Paragus longipilus sp. nov ,biology ,Paragus ,Diptera ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,Synonym (taxonomy) ,endemism ,Key (lock) ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Subgenus ,Pandasyopthalmus - Abstract
Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus speng. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29).
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- 2020
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