Cheilosia barbafacies

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Rhingiini
Genus: Cheilosia
Species: Cheilosia barbafacies

Name

• Cheilosia barbafacies Vujić, Radenković, Trifunov & Nikolić, 2013

Holotype: FSUNS 05768. (Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia), ♂.

Type locality: MONTENEGRO: Durmitor, Škrčko-Sušički basen, 43˚11'7"N, 19˚3'28"E, broad-leaf forest, 25 June 1995, A. Vujić leg.

Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin nouns (in apposition) of feminine gender in the nominative case: “barba” (beard) and “facies” (face). The name indicates the presence of long hairs on the face.

References

• Vujić, A. et al. 2013: Key for European species of the Cheilosia proxima group (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a description of a new species. ZooKeys 269: 33-50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.269.4619 Reference page.