Revision of the European species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae: Cheilosia)

  • Sander Bot Gasterenseweg 1, NL-9467TA Anloo, the Netherlands https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-4559
  • Gunilla Ståhls Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, PO Box 17, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0505-0691
  • Rune Bygebjerg Biological Museum (Entomology), Ecology Building, Sölvegatan 37, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
  • Dieter Doczkal Klingelackerweg 10, 76571 Gaggenau, Germany
  • Ante Vujić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8819-8079
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2917
Keywords: Cheilosia, COI barcodes, new synonyms, revision, species key

Abstract

The European species of the Cheilosia subgen. Neocheilosia Barkalov, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) are revised. The identities of Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838) and of its synonyms are reviewed, and C. scanica Ringdahl, 1937 is established as a junior synonym of C. morio. Cheilosia luteicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) is re-installed as the name for C. morio of authors pro parte, not Zetterstedt. Cheilosia morio and C. luteicornis are redescribed, and lectotypes are designated for Eristalis lineata Wahlberg, 1843 and for E. luteicornis Zetterstedt, 1838 in order to ensure the consistent future interpretation of the names. The hitherto unknown male of Cheilosia barovskii Stackelberg, 1930 is described, and the female of C. barovskii is redescribed. We also provide updated distributional records and an identification key. Finally, we present a Neighbor-Joining tree for mtDNA COI barcodes of four species of the subgen. Neocheilosia.

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2025-06-04
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Bot, S., Ståhls, G., Bygebjerg, R., Doczkal, D., & Vujić, A. (2025). Revision of the European species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae: Cheilosia). European Journal of Taxonomy, 997(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2917
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