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Syrphidae
Fazia centropogonis (Nishida)
SUMMARY
Allograpta centropogonis belongs to a group, Allograpta (Fazia) characterized by: face moderately to greatly produced anteriorly, with distinct tubercle; oral opening about 5 times as long as wide, with oral apex greatly extended beyond level of antennal base; antennal pits separate; plumula well developed; subscutellar pile fringe distinct, one or two rows of long pili; wing broadly bare basomedially, without apical dark macula; alula broad, about 1.5 times as broad as cell BM; metasternum pilose; abdomen broadly to narrowly elongate (Mengual et al. 2009).
Allograpta centropogonis differs from other species in this group by: face with distinct black medial vitta; halter capitulum dark; cell BM completely microtrichose; pleuron black pilose except katepimeron white pilose.