Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus), Vujić & Ståhls & Rojo & Radenković & Šimić, 2008

Vujić, Ante, Ståhls, Gunilla, Rojo, Santos, Radenković, Snežana & Šimić, Smiljka, 2008, Systematics and phylogeny of the tribe Paragini (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (3), pp. 507-536 : 519

SUBGENUS PANDASYOPTHALMUS STUCKENBERG,

1954 STAT. REV.

Type species: Paragus longiventris Loew, 1857 : Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 14: 376.

Re-description (based on Stuckenberg, 1954b and Vockeroth, 1986): Small to large species (2.5–7.6 mm) with elongate, narrow abdomen (broader in the female). Male holoptic or with eyes separated by as much as the diameter of one facet. Scutum shining black, covered with pale pilosity. Male genitalia ( Figs 37–42, 55–65) with variable shape of surstylus, hypandrium, lingula and ejaculatory apodeme. Aedeagal apodeme with moderately developed lateral arms ( Figs 79, 81, 83). Postgonite plate-like ( Figs 110–112). Lateral lobe of aedeagus small to medium sized, anteriorly slightly more protruded than aedeagus ( Figs 66–68). Aedeagus medium sized to small ( Figs 92–99).

Diagnostic features: Eye uniformly pilose ( Figs 8, 10). Scutum shining, finely punctured, without dusted, submedian vittae ( Fig. 17). Scutellum with rounded posterior margin, without conspicuous teeth or bristles ( Fig. 20). Abdomen elongate, usually narrowed between tergites 2 and 3 ( Figs 26–28, 32–34). Tergites 1–2 fused; tergites 3–5 usually not fused, connection between tergites 2 and 3 movable; connections between tergites 3–5 immovable ( Figs 26–28, 32–34). Male genitalia: minis small, lateral arms of minis long ( Figs 37, 39, 41, 64); aedeagus ‘amphoralike’ ( Figs 92–99).