Sphaerophoria (Sphaerophoria) scripta ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 212-213

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Sphaerophoria (Sphaerophoria) scripta ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Musca scripta Linnaeus, 1758: 594 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Svecia).

Musca libatrix Scopoli, 1763: 346. Type locality: Slovenia [as "Carniola"].

Musca invisito Harris, 1780: 83. Type locality: England (not given).

Sphaerophoria strigata Staeger, 1845: 362 View in CoL . Type locality: Greenland (not given).

Sphaerophoria scripta var. scutellata Portevin, 1909: 25 View in CoL . Type locality: France (Evreux).

Sphaerophoria menthastri var. violacea Santos Abréu, 1924: 71 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is.

Sphaerophoria brunettii Joseph, 1967: 243 View in CoL . Type locality: India (Srinagar in Kashmir).

Material examined: 1 male, El Marg, 26.III.1921, leg. Efflatoun; 1 female, Wadi Hoff, 14.IV.1921 (specimens published in Efflatoun (1922) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD]; 1 male, Ezbet El-Nakhl, 12.IV.1943, leg. Shafik; 2 males, 2 females, Ein Gedeirat, 13–22.IV.1938, leg. Shafik; 3 males, 9 females, Wadi El-Lega (S. Sinai) VI–IX.1943, leg. Efflatoun [EFC].

World distribution: NE:?. OR: India, Kashmir, Nepal. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Greenland, Madera, Mongolia, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Nuzha. Eastern Desert: Ghoubbet El-Bous, Wadi Hoff. Fayoum: Kom Osheem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Behaira, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Marg, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Giza, Helwan, Kirdassa, Kombiram, Pyramids, Shubra. Sinai: Gebel Moussa, Ein Gedeirat, Wadi El-Lega. Upper Nile Valley: Isna. Western Desert: Pyramids, Siwa Oasis. [Source: Efflatoun (1922); Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material].

Activity period in Egypt: February to November.

Remarks: Adults fly low through grasses and settle on vegetation, including grass stems. An extensive list of flowers is recorded for visits by this species in Europe, especially white Umbelliferae , Achillea, Cirsium, Crataegus, Erigeron , Euphorbia, Leontodon , and Origanum ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017).

References

De Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor Belgie. Studiedocumenten van het K. B. I. N., Brussel, 167 pp.

Efflatoun, H. C. (1922) A Monograph of Egyptian Diptera. (Part I. Fam. Syrphidae). Memoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 2, 1 - 123.

Joseph, A. N. T. (1967) On the forms of Sphaerophoria St. Fargeau and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) described by Brunetti from India. Oriental Insects, 1 (3 - 4), 243 - 248. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1967.10433864

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 828 pp.

Portevin, G. (1909) Description d'une variete nouvelle de Sphaerophoria scripta (L.) (Dipt.). Annales de L'Association des Naturalistes de Levallois-Perret, 14, 25 - 26.

Santos Abreu, E. (1924) Monografia de los Syrphidos de las Islas Canarias, Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, Series 3, 19 (1), 1 - 148.

Scopoli, J. A. (1763) Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae indigena et distribute in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Trattner, Vindobonae [= Vienna], 420 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119976

Shaumar, N. & Kamal, S. (1978) The Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47, 79 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1978.10295

Speight, M. C. D. (2017) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Vanappelghem, C. (Eds.), Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Vol. 97. Syrph the Net Publication, Dublin, 294 pp.

Staeger, C. (1845) Gronlands Antliater. Natuurhistorisch Tijdschrift, 1 (2), 346 - 369.