A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 33: 39–80 (2010) Revision of the genus Eosphaerophoria 39 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.33.298 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The flower fly genus Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera, Syrphidae) Ximo Mengual1,†, Kumar Ghorpadé2,‡ 1 Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC-0169. Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, USA 2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar 580 005, India † urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:A509310D-B567-4830-B8A4-BCB139BB8768 ‡ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:E06260FC-0C09-4E41-8F2B-205B388198EC Corresponding author: Ximo Mengual (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Chris Th ompson | Received 09 October 2009 | Accepted 11 January 2010 | Published 21 January 2010 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C8A7B96F-81D7-4EE9-B26E-3EA2599E9F4A Citation: Mengual X, Ghorpadé K (2010) Th e fl ower fl y genus Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 33: 39–80. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.33.298 Abstract Th e fl ower fl y genus Eosphaerophoria is revised. Eight new species are described (adornata sp. n. Mengual, bifi da sp. n. Mengual, brunettii sp. n. Ghorpadé, hermosa sp. n. Mengual, luteofasciata sp. n. Mengual, ni- grovittata sp. n. Mengual, symmetrica sp. n. Mengual, and vietnamensis sp. n. Mengual), and an identifi ca- tion key is provided. Redescriptions, illustrations, synonymies, diagnoses and distributional data are given for all 11 known species of Eosphaerophoria. Th e new described species increase the genus’ distribution, now recorded from Nepal and Sri Lanka east to New Guinea. All information data, images and drawings, as well as additional images and relevant information, are available online via the internet as an example of the utility of international standards for biodiversity informatics.