Cheilosia difficilis Hervé-Bazin, 1929

Barkalov, Anatolij V. & Ståhls, Gunilla, 2022, Cheilosia (Diptera, Syrphidae: Rhingiini) of Nepal with descriptions of 29 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 829 (1), pp. 1-127 : 32

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.829.1863
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6840167
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scientific name	Cheilosia difficilis Hervé-Bazin, 1929
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Treatment

Cheilosia difficilis Hervé-Bazin, 1929 View in CoL

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Chilosia ( Cheilosia) difficilis Hervé-Bazin, 1929: 97 View in CoL . Type locality: China: Vallée du Yang-Tse-Kiang: Chang-Hai ( holotype, ♂, MNHN) (not examined).

Cheilosia ( Cheilosia) difficilis Hervé-Bazin, 1929 View in CoL – Barkalov & Cheng 2004: 296. — Barkalov & Ståhls 2005: 186.

Differential diagnosis

Cheilosia ( C.) difficilis is a species with partly pilose eye and pilose face. Among the Nepalese species it is closest to Cheilosia ( C.) pica sp. nov., from which it differs in having femora more extensively black than in C. pica sp. nov.

Material examined

NEPAL • 1 ♀; Prov. Mechi, Tablejung ; 29°21′17″ N, 87°40′04″ E; 1800 m a.s.l.; 30 Mar. 2003; J. Weipert leg.; IBSJW / NME GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Bhojpur Phedi to Dilkharka; 27°25′ N, 87°00′ E; 1500–1900 m a.s.l.; 26 May 1997; M. Hauser leg. [538]; CSCA GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Ktmd [Kathmandu], Godavari ; 5000 ft a.s.l.; 23 Jul. 1967; Can. Nep. Exp.; CNC .

Distribution

China, Nepal.

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Abbreviations

CSCA	USA, California, Sacramento, California State Collection of Arthropods
CNC	Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Canadian National Collection of Insects
NME	Sammlung des Naturkundemseum Erfurt
CSCA	California State Collection of Arthropods
CNC	Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes