Sphegina distincta is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae found in Vietnam. It vaguely resembles other Oriental species of Sphegina that have strong spinose setae at the posterior margin of sternum IV, but is not especially similar to any of them.[1]

Sphegina distincta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Spheginina
Genus: Sphegina
Species:
S. distincta
Binomial name
Sphegina distincta
Steenis, Hippa & Mutin, 2018[1]

Etymology

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The name comes from Latin ‘distincta’, meaning ‘different’, referring to the unusually extensive yellow color of the fly.

Description

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In male specimens, body length is 8.4-9.9 millimeters. The wings are 5.8-6.5 millimeters, entirely microtrichose, hyaline, with yellowish stigma. The face is concave with a weakly developed frontal prominence; dark brown, ventral half light-brown to dark or entirely yellow.

References

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  1. ^ a b Steenis, J. van; Hippa, H.; Mutin, V.A. (2018). "Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (489): 1–198. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.489. S2CID 165348351. Retrieved 4 November 2021.  Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) license.