New Syrphidae (Diptera) of Northeastern North America
Skevington JH, Young AD, Locke MM, Moran KM. 2019. New Syrphidae (Diptera) of Northeastern North America. Biodiversity Data Journal. 7:99 pages
ABSTRACT: This paper describes 11 of 18 new species recognised in the recent book, "Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America". Four species are omitted as they need to be described in the context of a revision (three Cheilosia and a Palpada species) and three other species (one Neoascia and two Xylota) will be described by F. Christian Thompson in a planned publication. Six of the new species have been recognised for decades and were treated by J. Richard Vockeroth in unpublished notes or by Thompson in his unpublished but widely distributed "A conspectus of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Nearctic Region". Five of the 11 species were discovered during the preparation of the Field Guide. Eight of the 11 have DNA barcodes available that support the morphology.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Skevington, Jeffrey; Young, Andrew; Locke, Michelle; Moran, Kevin
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ATBI, Diptera, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00108, GRSM-00131, Insecta, new species, SER, Southeast Region, Syrphidae, taxonomy