Table 2 in Notes on the Afrotropical hover fly genus Meromacroides Curran (Syrphidae, Eristalinae)

Table 2. Geographic morphological variation observed from Meromacroides meromacriformis (Bezzi, 1915) specimens from West, Central and Southern Africa. RegionWest African specimensCentral African specimensSouthern African specimensCharacterHeadEye pile lengthFour times the diameter of an ommatidiumThree times the diameter of an ommatidiumFour times the diameter of an ommatidiumThoraxScutum ground colourDark brownDark brownDark reddish-brownPleura ground colourBlack-brownDark brownDark reddish-brownScutum pollinosityTwo pale pollinose vittaeTwo pale pollinose vittaeTwo dark pollinose vittaeLegsColour of spines on coxa and trochanterDark brownish - blackLight brownLight brownWingCalypter colourDark greyBrownish-greyBrownish-greyCalypter fringe colourWhiteYellowish-whiteYellowish-whiteHaltere colourWhiteYellowish-brownYellowish-brownInfuscation colour on wing marginLight brownDark brownVery dark brownAbdomenTergites II-III dorsal posterior border colourYellowish-whiteOrange-brownOrange-brownPollinosity colour and densityGreyish-white, sparserYellowish-white, denserYellowish-white, denserGenitaliaCerciDorsally roundedGenitalia missingDorsally angularEpandriumDorsal and ventral margins straight and parallelGenitalia missingDorsal margin rounded, not parallel with ventral margin