Syntormon Loew, 1857

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, Afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera) catalogue: Changes and corrections, Amurian Zoological Journal XII (4), pp. 406-411 : 409

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.33910/2686-9519-2020-12-4-406-411
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724389
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scientific name	Syntormon Loew, 1857
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Syntormon Loew, 1857 View in CoL

Syntormon longistylus Grichanov, 2001 View in CoL , 187 [as a subspecies of Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius, 1794) View in CoL ], stat. nov. Type locality: Madagascar: Manyakatompo. Afrotropical: Madagascar, South Africa. References: Grichanov, Mostovski, Muller 2011, 95 (as Syntormon pallipes longistylus View in CoL ); Drake 2020, 77 (possibly distinct species).

Remarks. Drake (2020) suggested that S. pallipes longistylus is a distinct species, conspicuously differing from both S. pallipes and S. pseudospicatus Strobl, 1899 , in the long aristalike stylus of antenna, possessing only five strong dorsocentral setae on mesonotum (six in European Syntormon ), the fore coxa with black apical setae (not yellow), and yellow hind coxa (not grey with yellow tip). I consider the listed characteristics to be certainly species-specific.