Melanostomini

Vockeroth J. R., 1973, Some New or uncommon Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Southern Africa, Annals Natal Mus. 21.3.595 - 607. pdf 21 (3), pp. 595-607 : 597

Melanostomini

(

cf

.

the

many

figures

given

by

Fluke

(

1957

)

and

by

Dusek

&

Laska

(

1967

))

.

I

had

thought

it

possible

that

the

very

large

hollowed

posterior

portion

of

the

aedeagal

apodeme

of

Pelloloma nigrifacies

might

represent

the

basal

portion

of

the

aedeagus

,

but

the

ejaculatory

duct

enters

the

aedeagus

distad

of

the

distal

end

of

this

structure

(

fig

.

la

)

and

the

one­

segmented

structure

shown

in

fig

.

Ic

undoubtedly

represents

the

entire

aedeagus

.

However

,

no

species

of

the

tribe