title: Revision of the West-Palaearctic species of the tribe Cerioidini (Diptera, Syrphidae).
abstract: The West-Palaearctic cerioidines (Syrphidae: Cerioidini) are revised, including species of the genera Ceriana Rafinesque, Primocerioides Shannon, and Sphiximorpha Rondani. Three new species are described, Ceriana glaebosa van Steenis & Ricarte sp. n. (Cyprus), Ceriana media van Steenis & Ricarte sp. n. (Afghanistan and Iran) and Ceriana skevingtoni van Steenis & Ricarte sp. n. (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran). The following names are proposed as junior synonyms: Cerioides caucasicus Paramonov, 1927 [= Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758)], Ceria binominata Verrall, 1901 [= Sphiximorpha garibaldii (Rondani, 1860)], Ceriana worelli, Brădescu, 1972b [= Sphiximorpha garibaldii (Rondani, 1860)] and Sphiximorpha hiemalis Ricarte, Nedeljković & Hancock, 2012 [= Primocerioides regale Violovitsh, 1985]. Identification keys, biological data and distribution maps for the studied taxa are provided. Conops vaginicornis Schrank, 1803 is discarded as a synonym of Ceriana conopsoides and should be considered as nomen dubium.
authors.affiliation: Research Associate Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden; Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands.. j.van.steenis@xmsnet.nl.
authors.forename: Jeroen VAN
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Steenis
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricarte
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vujić
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birtele
authors.forename: Martin C D
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Speight
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Diptera, West-Palaearctic region, Ceriana, Primocerioides, Sphiximorpha, new species, synonym, biology