title: Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera.
abstract: A new genus and species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae: Syrphini) are described from central Africa (Kenya & Uganda), Afrostoma quadripunctatum. A key to the Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Syrphinae is given. A review of the melanostomine [Bacchini] genera and subgenera is provided along with a key to them. Phylogenetic placement of Afrostoma is included based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20013-7012, USA.; Email: thompsonf@si.edu.
authors.forename: F Christian
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada.; Email: jhskevington@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jeffrey H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Skevington
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV