First record of the genus Myolepta Newman, 1838 (Diptera: Syrphidae) for Pakistan, with description of a new species

An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae)

“…Zoogeographical distribution. Nearctic and Palaearctic -AFGHANISTAN, CHINA, FRANCE, IRAN, ITALY, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, SWEDEN (Thompson & Ghorpadé, 1992;Ghorpadé, , 2015bGhorpadé & Shehzad, 2013;Shehzad et al, 2017;Hassan et al, 2018b;Yang et al, 2020;Dousti, 2023). Seasonal activity.…”

“…Zoogeographical distribution. Afrotropical, Nearctic and Palaearctic -AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN, AUSTRIA, CALIFORNIA, CHINA, COLOMBIA, ENGLAND, INDIA, IRAN, JAPAN, KOREA, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, SWEDEN (Sorokina, 2009;Khosravian et al, 2015;Ghorpadé, 2015b;Hassan et al, 2018b;Yang et al, 2020;Dousti, 2023). Seasonal activity.…”

New species of Myolepta Newman, 1838 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Indomalayan Realm

“…Myolepta Newman, 1838 is a genus of small to medium-sized (5-12 mm) flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) present in all biogeographic realms except Australasia (Thompson & Vockeroth 1989;Reemer et al 2005). There currently are 45 described species of Myolepta: three from the Afrotropics, seven Nearctic species, 12 from the Neotropical Realm, 17 from the Palaearctic, and six from the Indomalayan Realm (Reemer et al 2005;Thompson 2014;Gilasian et al 2016;van Steenis 2020;Hassan et al 2021). These flies can be easily identified by the presence of strong ventral setae (usually referred to as spines) on all femora, which are more or less swollen, males with a distinct facial tubercle and females without facial tubercle (concave face), and the placement of the crossvein r-m in the basal half of the cell dm.…”

“…Ecological and biological data of Myolepta are biased towards Palaearctic taxa, with some knowledge from Nearctic species. Adults of Myolepta species occur in mature deciduous and evergreen forests with overmature trees, but also in old orchards with ancient trees (Reemer et al 2005;Skevington et al provided good-resolution images for the holotype male of Myolepta splendens Thompson, 2014, andHassan et al (2021) did the same for the holotype male of Myolepta mahmoodii Hassan & Bodlah, 2021in Hassan et al 2021. For the type material of Myolepta orientalis Thompson, 1971 and Myolepta petiolata Thompson, 1971, Jeremy Frank (Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA) kindly photographed the holotype female of both taxa and shared the images for publication (Fig.…”

“…3D-F). Permission to reproduce images of the type material was not granted by the Zoological Survey of India, neither for the publications of Thompson (2014) and Hassan et al (2021); thus, referencing the aforementioned Faunal Information System and publications is recommended when the provided identification key is used.…”