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Pseudodoros (Pseudodoros) nigricollis Becker
Nomenclature
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Genus: PseudodorosSubgenus: Pseudodoros (Pseudodoros)
Species:
Pseudodoros (Pseudodoros) nigricollis Becker
SUMMARY
Pseudodoros is a genus of Syrphini with three species. P. nigricollis has eye bare; metasternum bare; thorax without yellow maculae except on scutellum; postmetacoxal bridge incomplete; vein M1 slightly sinuate; vein R4+5 straight or nearly so.
Following Kassebeer (2000), the subgenus Pseudodoros has abdominal tergum 2 with a median pair of small yellowish maculae; scutellum dark brown; scutum with long, stand-off pile; pro- and mesotibiae yellow with medial narrow brownish ring; medial black facial vitta narrower than the basoflagellomere's width; mouth edge yellow. This subgenus is only found in Western Mediterranean and Afrotropics.