Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains

By

Morales, Mírian Nunes
Stahls, Gunilla
Hippa, Heikki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

338

Pages

55-65

Subjects

Description , Eristalinae , identification key , Meropidia , Neotropical region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.338.6093

 

Abstract

Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) are described, Meropidia nitida Morales, sp. n. and M. flavens Hippa & Ståhls sp. n., from Bolivia and Colombia respectively. A key to all described Meropidia species is provided.