taxonID	type	description	language	source
F7344727BD36524F8F12694695D8B0D2.taxon	description	Figures 4 A, 6 A, 8 A, 9 A, 10 A, 11 A	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
F7344727BD36524F8F12694695D8B0D2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mexico. Durango: 14 miles Southwest of El Salto, 23.702772, - 105.564053, 2438 m, 30. vi. 1964, W. R. M. Mason, CNC _ Diptera 142464 (1 ♂, CNC); Mexico City, D. F.: San Pedro Atocpan, 19.204792, - 99.048853, 2600 m, 16. ix. 1947, C. Bolivar, CNC _ Diptera 142465 (1 ♂, CNC); 1910, USNM _ ENT 1071372 (1 ♂, USNM); Mexico: Edo. de Mexico, km. 73 rd to Popocatepetel, 19.075366, - 98.65902, 3352 m, 15. vii. 1961, D. H. Janzen, EMEC 354664 (1 ♀, EMEC); Nevado Toluca, 19.110036, - 99.753425, 3200 m, 11. vii. 1951, H. E. Evans, Jeff _ Skevington _ Specimen 52560 (1 ♂, CNC); 19.110035, - 99.753423, 3444 m, 11. vii. 1951, P. D. Hurd, EMEC 354662 (1 ♂, EMEC); West Slope, Cortez Pass, 19.08569, - 98.648296, 2743 m, 13. vii. 1954, R. R. Dreisbach, KMM 0919 (1 ♂, WIRC); 19.08569, - 98.648296; 19.085692, - 98.648297, 2743 m; ~ 13. vii. 1954, CNC _ Diptera 142466; CNC _ Diptera 142467 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); Mexico City, 19.42250, - 99.14389, 10000 ft, vii. 1936 (1 ♂ HT AMNH); Morelos: # 17 Lagunas de Zempoala Nat. Park, 19.04828, - 99.312179, 2865 m, 23. viii. 1969, G. W. Byers, KMM 0920 (1 ♂, SEMC); Cuernavaca, 18.924211, - 99.221567, 2133 m, 29. vii. 1961, R. & K. Dreisbach, J _ Skevington _ Specimen 50177 (1 ♀, ANSP).	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
F7344727BD36524F8F12694695D8B0D2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCCBB49879EC58AAAC1542865BCB0C1D.taxon	description	Figures 5 D, 7 D	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCCBB49879EC58AAAC1542865BCB0C1D.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE. Body length: 12.5 mm. Wing length: 8.1 mm. Head. Face non-pruinose; gena black pilose anteriorly; anterior tentorial pit black pilose; frons, black pilose and brown pruinose; vertex black pilose and brown pruinose; postocular setae black; occipital setae black; antenna reddish orange. Thorax. Matte black; postpronotum white pilose; scutum white pilose along margins and black pilose medially; scutellum white pilose; postalar callus white pilose; proepimeron black pilose; posterior anepisternum white pilose; katepisternum white pilose posteriorly with broadly separated patches; metasternum mixed black and white pilose; anepimeron with anterior portion white pilose; lower calypter with long black pile. Legs. Coxae black; femora black except extreme apex of femora; remainder of legs reddish; fore and mid-coxae black pilose; hind coxa mixed black and white pilose; fore femur black pilose, except small mix of white pile basally; mid femur black pilose, but with stretch of white pile on posterior side; hind femur black pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose. Wing. Microtrichia absent in following areas: cell c along margin of vein Sc running from 2 / 5 and ending at 4 / 5 of length of the cell, anterior 1 / 5 of cell r 1, cell br except along spurious vein the part right below the start of cell r 2 + 3, all of cell cua except extreme posterior, cell bm, cell cup along the margin of vein CuP in the anterior third of cell, cell m 4 from cross-vein m-cu to end of vein M 4 and in following regions of cell dm: anterior 1 / 4, except extreme anterodorsal corner, ventral 1 / 3, and broad margin adjacent to vein M 2. Abdomen. Tergites shiny to subshiny black; tergite I with scattered, white pile medially, except with short black pile in lateral corners; tergite II with dense white pile which runs diagonally from anterolateral corner until it reaches the posterior margin at a point which is ca. at 1 / 3 width of the tergite, remainder of tergite is black pilose; tergite III with black pile except mixed white pile anteromedially; tergite IV with black pile; tergites not distinctly pruinose; sternites I-III white pilose and not pruinose; sternite IV black pilose; pile of postabdomen black. MALE. Unknown.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCCBB49879EC58AAAC1542865BCB0C1D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Guatemala.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCCBB49879EC58AAAC1542865BCB0C1D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named Romaleosyrphus argosi, from the Greek argos (white), to highlight the coloration of this species. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
2CA9D058340D597F8404A24B51180914.taxon	description	Figures 1, 2, 3	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCAF31CC3EF35144B245472D3928426C.taxon	description	Figures 3 A, 4 F, 6 F, 9 B, 10 B, 11 E	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCAF31CC3EF35144B245472D3928426C.taxon	description	Description. MALE. Body length: 15.2 mm. Wing length: 10.5 mm. Head. Face shape as in Fig. 10 B; face gold pruinose; gena black pilose posteriorly; anterior tentorial pit variable pilose: yellow or black; frons broad, ca. as long as broad at antenna, 2 / 3 as broad at vertex as at antenna, black pilose and silver-gold pruinose; vertex triangular, longer than broad, black pilose and brown pruinose; postocular setae black; occipital setae variable: yellow or black; antenna reddish orange. Thorax. Matte black; postpronotum mixed black and yellow pilose; scutum black pilose; scutellum yellow pilose; postalar callus yellow pilose; proepimeron yellow pilose; posterior anepisternum yellow pilose; katepisternum yellow pilose posteriorly with broadly separated patches; metasternum mixed black and yellow pilose; anepimeron with anterior portion yellow pilose; lower calypter with long black pile. Legs. Coxae black; femora black except extreme apex of femora; remainder of legs reddish; hind trochanter tuberculate as in Fig. 8 B; fore and mid-coxae black pilose; hind coxa mixed black and yellow pilose; fore femur black pilose, except small mix of yellow pile basally; mid femur black pilose, but with stretch of yellow pile on posterior side; hind femur black pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose; hind tibia as in Fig. 9 B. Wing. Microtrichia absent from following areas: broad anterior margin of cell cua. Abdomen. Tergites shiny to subshiny black; tergite I with scattered, yellow pile; tergite II with dense yellow pile; tergite III with black pile; tergite IV with black pile; grey pruinosity as follows: tergite I pruinose posteriorly, all of tergite II pruinose; sternites I-III yellow pilose and not pruinose; sternite IV black pilose; pile of postabdomen black. Male genitalia. (Fig. 11 E) Cercus yellowish brown, broader at apex, covered with long yellow pile; surstylus brown, ca. 4 x as long as broad, broadened basally with apical ha 1 / 2 lf tapering, directed ventrally and with a rounded apex, ventral margin concave, undulated; pile on dorsal surface of surstylus, increasing in length posteriorly; minute spines on ventral surface and apical 3 / 4 of lateral inner and outer surfaces. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCAF31CC3EF35144B245472D3928426C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
CCAF31CC3EF35144B245472D3928426C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after Bigot who erected this genus in 1882.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
783C897C071A55679AB0A88C8AF07055.taxon	description	Figures 5 B, 7 B	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
783C897C071A55679AB0A88C8AF07055.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Honduras.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
783C897C071A55679AB0A88C8AF07055.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named Romaleosyrphus drysus, derived from the Greek drys for oak, in reference to the high elevation oak forests this species lives in. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
2982381FEC705B0D9CD683F634465282.taxon	description	Figures 5 C, 7 C, 9 C, 10 C, 11 C	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
2982381FEC705B0D9CD683F634465282.taxon	description	Description. MALE. Body length: 13.1 - 17.2 mm. Wing length: 9.2 - 12.1 mm. Head. Face shape as in Fig. 10 C; face gold pruinose; gena yellow pilose posteriorly; anterior tentorial pit variable pilose: yellow or black; frons broad, ca. as long as broad at antenna, 2 / 3 as broad at vertex as at antenna, black pilose and silver-gold pruinose; vertex triangular, longer than broad, black pilose and brown pruinose; postocular setae black; occipital setae yellow; antenna reddish orange. Thorax. Matte black; postpronotum mixed black and yellow pilose; scutum yellow pilose along margins and black pilose medially; scutellum completely yellow pilose; postalar callus yellow pilose; proepimeron yellow pilose; posterior anepisternum yellow pilose; katepisternum yellow pilose posteriorly with broadly separated patches; metasternum variable pilose: black, yellow, or mixed black and yellow; anepimeron with anterior portion yellow pilose; lower calypter with long black pile. Legs. Coxae black; femora black except extreme apex of femora; remainder of legs reddish; hind trochanter tuberculate as in Fig. 8 B; fore and mid-coxa black pilose; hind coxa mixed black and yellow pilose; fore femur black pilose, except small mix of yellow pile basally; mid femur black pilose, but with stretch of yellow pile on posterior side; hind femur black pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose; hind tibia as in Fig. 9 C. Wing. Microtrichia absent from following areas: broad anterior margin of cell cua. Abdomen. Tergites shiny to subshiny black; tergite I with scattered, yellow pile medially, except with short black pile in lateral corners; tergite II black pilose, except yellow pilose in anterolateral corners; tergite III black pilose, except lateral margins mixed black and yellow; tergite IV yellow pilose; tergites not pruinose; sternites I-III yellow pilose and not pruinose; sternite IV black; pile of postabdomen mixed black and yellow pilose. Male genitalia. (Fig. 11 C) Cercus yellowish brown, broader at apex, covered with long yellow pile; surstylus brown, ca. as long as hypandrium, broadened basally with apical half tapering and directed ventrally with a rounded apex, ventral margin concave, undulated; pile on dorsal surface of surstylus, increasing in length posteriorly; minute spines on ventral surface and apical 3 / 4 of lateral inner and outer surface. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
2982381FEC705B0D9CD683F634465282.taxon	distribution	Distribution. El Salvador.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
2982381FEC705B0D9CD683F634465282.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named Romaleosyrphus nephelaeus, after the Greek nephele (cloud), after the high elevation cloud forests in which this genus is found. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
DBB7D01B878A5D7A82241D567BB8621A.taxon	description	Figures 4 C, D, 6 C, E, 9 D, 10 D, 11 B	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
DBB7D01B878A5D7A82241D567BB8621A.taxon	description	Description black morph. MALE. Body length: 13.8 - 15.3 mm. Wing length: 9.6 - 10.5 mm. Head. Face shape as in Fig. 10 D; face gold pruinose; gena black pilose posteriorly; anterior tentorial pit black pilose; frons broad, ca. as long as broad at antenna, 2 / 3 as broad at vertex as at antenna, black pilose and gold pruinose; vertex triangular, longer than broad, black pilose and brown pruinose; postocular setae black; occipital setae black; antenna reddish orange. Thorax. Matte black; postpronotum mixed black and yellow pilose; scutum black pilose, except sometimes scattered yellow pile along lateral margins; scutellum black pilose, except with scattered yellow pile along posterior margin; postalar callus black pilose or mixed black and yellow pilose; proepimeron yellow pilose; posterior anepisternum yellow pilose; katepisternum yellow pilose posteriorly with broadly separated patches; metasternum mixed black and yellow pilose; anepimeron with anterior portion yellow pilose; lower calypter with long black pile. Legs. Coxae black; femora black except extreme apex of femora; remainder of legs reddish; hind trochanter tuberculate as in Fig. 8 B; fore and mid-coxae black pilose; hind coxa mixed black and yellow pilose; fore femur black pilose, except small mix of yellow pile basally; mid femur black pilose, but with stretch of yellow pile on posterior side; hind femur black pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose; hind tibia as in Fig. 9 D. Wing. Microtrichia absent in following areas: broad anterior margin of cell cua, cell br except along spurious vein and the part right below the start of cell r 2 + 3; Abdomen. Tergites shiny to subshiny black; tergite I with scattered, yellow pile; tergite II with dense black pile medially and yellow pile on lateral sides; tergite III with black pile except mixed yellow pile anteromedially and yellow pile in anterolateral corners; tergite IV with black pile; tergites not distinctly pruinose; sternites I-III yellow pilose and not pruinose; sternite IV black pilose; pile of postabdomen black. Male genitalia. (Fig. 11 B) Cercus yellowish brown, broader at apex, covered with long yellow pile. Surstylus brown, ca. 2 x as long as broad, broadened basally with apical half tapering, directed downward and with an acute apex, ventral margin concave, undulated; pile on dorsal surface of surstylus, increasing in length posteriorly; minute spines on ventral surface and apical 3 / 4 of lateral inner and outer surfaces.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
DBB7D01B878A5D7A82241D567BB8621A.taxon	description	Description rufous morph. MALE. Same as black morph except as follows. Head. Gena yellow pilose posteriorly; anterior tentorial pit yellow pilose; vertex rufous pilose; postocular setae rufous; occipital setae rufous. Thorax. Postpronotum rufous pilose; scutum rufous pilose; scutellum rufous pilose; postalar callus rufous pilose. Legs. Coxae yellow pilose; fore and mid femora yellow pilose; hind femur rufous pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose; metasternum yellow pilose. Abdomen. Tergite II with dense rufous pile medially and yellow pile on lateral sides; tergite III with rufous pile except mixed yellow pile anteromedially and yellow pile in anterolateral corners; tergite IV with rufous pile; sternites I-IV rufous pilose; pile of postabdomen rufous. FEMALE. As male, except for usual sexual dimorphism; microtrichia on wing absent in following areas: middle third of cell r 1, cell r 2 + 3 along margin of vein R 2 + 3 on the anterior third of cell, cell br except along spurious vein and the part right below the start of cell r 2 + 3, all of cell cua except extreme posterior, ventral 2 / 3 of cell bm, cell cup along the margin of vein CuP in the posterior half, cell m 4 from cross-vein m-cu to end of vein M 2 and cell dm except for a thin line of microtrichia extending from cross-vein bm-m into middle of cell and the margins of cross-vein dm-m.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
DBB7D01B878A5D7A82241D567BB8621A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
DBB7D01B878A5D7A82241D567BB8621A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named Romaleosyrphus soletluna, a combination of the Latin words sol, for sun, and luna, for the moon. It is a reference to the duality of the color morphs in this species. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
D1E06A7140325304A57CB040D107B6BC.taxon	description	Figs 4 E, 6 E, 8 B, 9 E, 10 E, 11 F	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
D1E06A7140325304A57CB040D107B6BC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. El Salvador. Montecristo, 14.36639, - 89.38417, 20. iv. 1978, D. R. Barger, USNM _ ENT 1087039 (1 ♂, USNM); near Metapan, Montecristo, 14.383639, - 89.385111, 2300 m, 8 - 10. v. 1971, S. Peck, CNC _ Diptera 142469 (1 ♂, CNC); Honduras. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara 11.5 km S. & 5.6 km W. Penas Blancas, 14.968983, - 88.091211, 1870 m, 20. vi. 1994, R. Anderson, CNC _ Diptera 101960 (1 ♀, CNC); Francisco Morazan: San Juancito, 14.220280, - 87.0675, 30. iii. 1982, R. W. Jones, TAMU-ENTOX 0290054 (1 ♀, TAMU); Olancho: Catacamas, 15.83333, - 85.85139, 02. iii. 1996, R. Cave, MZLU 2014394 (1 ♀ MZLU); Mexico. Chiapas: Tzomtehuitz, near San Cristobal, 16.833333, - 92.633333, 19. v. 1969, W. R. M. Mason, CNC _ Diptera 142472 (1 ♀, CNC).	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
0DD97F0BCDCD5DDDAD4EFD9EA137AE6B.taxon	description	Figs 4 B, 6 B, 10 F, 11 D	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
0DD97F0BCDCD5DDDAD4EFD9EA137AE6B.taxon	description	Description. MALE. Body length: 13.8 - 14.5 mm. Wing length: 9.8 - 10.5 mm. Head. Face shape as in Fig. 10 F; face silver or gold pruinose; gena black pilose posteriorly; anterior tentorial pit black pilose; frons broad, ca. as long as broad at antenna, 2 / 3 as broad at vertex as at antenna, black pilose and silver-gold pruinose; vertex triangular, longer than broad, black pilose and brown pruinose; postocular setae black; occipital setae variable: yellow or black; antenna reddish orange. Thorax. Matte black; postpronotum variable pilose: black or mixed black and yellow; scutum either yellow pilose along margins with black pile medially, or completely black pilose; scutellum completely yellow pilose; postalar callus variable pilose: yellow, black, or mixed black and yellow; proepimeron black pilose; posterior anepisternum yellow pilose; katepisternum yellow pilose posteriorly with broadly separated patches; metasternum variable pilose: black, yellow or mixed black and yellow; anepimeron with anterior portion yellow pilose; lower calypter with long black pile. Legs. Coxae black; femora black except extreme apex of femora; remainder of legs reddish; hind trochanter tuberculate as in Fig. 8 B; fore and mid-coxae black pilose; hind coxa mixed black and yellow pilose; fore femur black pilose, except small mix of yellow pile basally; mid femur black pilose, but with stretch of yellow pile on posterior side; hind femur black pilose; tibiae and tarsi black pilose; hind tibia as in Fig. 9 E. Wing. Wing completely microtrichose. Abdomen. Tergites shiny to subshiny black; tergite I with scattered, yellow pile medially, except with short black pile in lateral corners; tergite II with dense yellow pile; tergite III with dense pile which is yellow anteromedially and rufous on the remainder; tergite IV with dense black pile, although sometimes red pilose medially; tergites I-III pruinose; sternites I-III yellow pilose and not pruinose; sternite IV variable: black or rufous pilose or some mix of the two; pile of postabdomen black or rufous. Male genitalia. (Fig. 11 D) Cercus yellowish brown, broader at apex, covered with long yellow pile; surstylus brown, distinctly longer than hypandrium, broadened basally with apical third tapering and not distinctly curved with a rounded apex, ventral margin concave, undulated; pile on dorsal surface of surstylus, increasing in length posteriorly; minute spines on ventral surface and apical 3 / 4 th of lateral inner and outer surface. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
0DD97F0BCDCD5DDDAD4EFD9EA137AE6B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
0DD97F0BCDCD5DDDAD4EFD9EA137AE6B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after J. R. Vockeroth in honor of his lifetime of work on Syrphidae and who was the first to recognize characters distinguishing this species from the sympatric Romaleosyrphus arctophiloides many years ago.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
67C94D52266F5199B1FA2C7EE5D4323E.taxon	description	Figs 5 A, 7 A	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
67C94D52266F5199B1FA2C7EE5D4323E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
67C94D52266F5199B1FA2C7EE5D4323E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after dipterologist Monty Wood to honor his passion for flies and whose collecting trips throughout Central and South America provided many critical Syrphidae for this as well as other future studies.	en	Moran, Kevin M., Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075: 1-32, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862
