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Syrphidae
Citrogramma hervebazini (Curran)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: SyrphiniGenus: Citrogramma
SUMMARY
Peculiar species with yellow gena, broad black facial vitta, scutellum with a medial triangular black macula, pro- and mesotibia yellow (brownish distally and basally) and large male genitalia with surstylus bearing long tufts of pile. An interesting character is the black halter capitulum. Citrogramma hervebazini keys near C. solomonense but they are quite distinct as noted in the identification key.
C. hervebazini has similar male genitalia to the one of C. shirakii, but they have significant morphological differences. C. hervebazini has yellow face with black medial vitta, scutellum with black macula, metafemur black and halter capitulum black. Although male genitalia are similar in shape, hervebazini’s genitalia are larger having broader protuberance of the surstylus and larger superior lobes.