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Aristosyrphus (Aristosyrphus) primus Curran
Nomenclature
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Genus: AristosyrphusSubgenus: Aristosyrphus (Aristosyrphus)
Species:
Aristosyrphus (Aristosyrphus) primus Curran
SUMMARY
Blackish, the abdomen with pair of yellow spots and a broad fascia; wings rather luteous with the apex broadly brown (from Curran, 1941).
The genus Aristosyrphus is divided in two subgenera: Aristosyrphus s.s. and Eurypterosyphus. The subgenus Aristosyrphus sensu stricto differs by having the face straight or convex without a tubercle under antenna, vein M1 processive and profemur without basal spinose pad.