Ischiodon aegyptius ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 209

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Ischiodon aegyptius ( Wiedemann, 1830) View in CoL

Syrphus aegyptius Wiedemann, 1830: 133 View in CoL . Type locality: Egypt & Sudan (Nubia).

Musca nigra Forskål, 1775 View in CoL : xxiv. Egypt, Arabia.

Syrphus senegalensis Guérin-Méneville, 1832 View in CoL : pl. 99. Type locality: Senegal.

Sphaerophoria annulipes ( Macquart, 1842) View in CoL : 163. Type locality: " Egypt " .

Syrphus longicornis Macquart, 1842: 154 View in CoL . Type locality: South Africa.

Syrphus natalensis Macquart, 1846: 262 View in CoL . Type locality: South Africa (Port Natal).

Syrphus felix Walker, 1852: 229 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is.

Sphaerophoria pyrrura Bigot, 1884: 99 View in CoL . Type locality: Senegal.

Sphaerophoria borbonica Bigot, 1884: 100 View in CoL . Type locality: Réunion.

Syrphus brachypterus ( Thomson, 1869) View in CoL : 496. Type locality: Portugal (Madeira) .

Material examined: 2 females, Kirdassa , 3.IV.2002, leg. El-Hawagry ; 1 male, 2 females, Gabel Elba , 15.II– 31.IV.1923, leg. Tewfik , the same specimen that was published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978); 1 male, Ezbet El- Nakhl, 3.IV.1925, leg. Tewfik ; 1 male Ghoubbet El-Boos , VIII. 1929 , leg. H.C.E. & M.T.; 1 male, Helwan , 12.IX.1925, leg. Farag ; 1 female, Wadi Um Elek , 15.10.1928, leg. Farag [EFC].

World distribution: AF: Widespread. PA: Balearic Is. Canary Is., Egypt, Iran, Madeira, S. Spain, Syria, Italy.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Cleopatra, El-Dekheila, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Fayed, Ismailiya, Suez Road, Wadies south east of Cairo. Gebel Elba: Wadi Edeib. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu- Rawash, Behaira, Beni Sueif, Cairo, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Gezeirah, Giza, Helwan, Itai El-Baroud, Khanka, Kirdassa, Kombira, El-Mansouriya, Magadla, Pyramids, Shubra, Tisfa, Turah. Sinai: El-Arish, Rafah, Wadi El- Arbaein, Wadi El-Rabba. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Siwa Oasis. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined material collected by the first author].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: Adults fly low through sparse ground vegetation and settle on flowers of low-growing herbs ( Speight 2017).

References

Bigot, J. M. F. (1884) Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 24 partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2 partie). Especes nouvelles, no. III. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 6, 4, 73 - 80, 81 - 116.

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

Forskal, P. (1775) Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskal. ex officina Molleri, Hauniae, 20 + xxxiv + 164 pp.

Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1832) Insectes. Iconographie du Regne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou Representation d'apres Nature de L'une des Especes les plus Remarquables et souvent non encore Figurees, de Chaque Genre d'Animaux. Vol. 3. J. B. Bailliere, Paris, pl. 92.

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Macquart, P. J. M. (1846) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement [I]. Memoires de la Societe (Royale) des Sciences de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille, 1844 (1845), 133 - 364.

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.

Thomson, C. G. (1869) Diptera. Species nova descripsit. In: Kongliga Svenska Vetenskraps-Akademien, Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden. Pt. 2. Zoologie. [Sec.] 1. Insekter. P. A. Norstedt & Soner, Stockholm, 617 pp.

Walker, F. (1852) Diptera. Part III, pp. 157 - 252. In: Saunders, W. W. (Ed.), Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F. R. S., F. L. S., & c. Vol. 1. Van Voorst, London, 474 pp.

Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm, 684 pp.