Check List 18(5): 1045-1051, doi: 10.15560/18.5.1045
First records of the genus Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ecuador
expand article infoXimo Mengual‡, Isabel C. Kilian‡, Alex Pazmiño-Palomino§
‡ Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany§ Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador

Corresponding author: Ximo Mengual ( x.mengual@zfmk.de )

Academic editor: Alessandre Pereira-Colavite
© Ximo Mengual, Isabel C. Kilian, Alex Pazmiño-Palomino.
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Citation: Mengual X, Kilian IC, Pazmiño-Palomino A (2022) First records of the genus Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ecuador. Check List 18(5): 1045-1051. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1045
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Abstract
We record Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945) for the first time from South America. This species was previously known from Panama and Costa Rica. New specimens, collected in Pichincha Province of Ecuador, represent the first reported occurrence of this flower fly genus from the country. Images, diagnosis, and DNA barcodes are provided to help with the identification of this species.
Keywords
Ant flies, Aristosyrphus carpenteri, flower flies, hoverflies, Microdontinae, new record