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Syrphidae
Eosalpingogaster nigriventris (Bigot)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: SyrphiniGenus: Eosalpingogaster
SUMMARY
Eosalpingogaster and Salpingogaster are readily distinguished from all other syrphine groups by the presence of distinct black spinose bristles on the metafemur combined with the petiolate abdomen and sinuate vein R4+5. Both genera have petiolate abdomens, but Salpingogaster is distinguished from Eosalpingogaster by the much more greatly sinuate vein R4+5; other syrphines with sinuate vein R4+5 have oval abdomens. Eosalpingogaster has 1st tergum not produced into a spur, vein R4+5 only slightly sinuate and occipital cilia in 3–4 rows dorsally. In contrast, Salpingogaster has 1st tergum produced laterally into a strong spur and occipital cilia reduced to a single row dorsally.
Very similar to E. cochenillivora, but E. nigriventris has 4th tergum with two basolateral triangular yellow maculae, scutum with a medial broad pollinose vitta, and femora with yellow apical area broader. Eosalpingogaster nigriventris has a larger geographical distribution than E. conopida, with records from the Andean region only.