Melanostoma mellinum ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 204

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scientific name	Melanostoma mellinum ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Melanostoma mellinum ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca mellinum Linnaeus, 1758: 594 . Type locality: Sweden (Svecia).

Musca facultas Harris, 1780: 109. Type locality: England.

Syrphus concolor Walker, 1851: 296 . Type locality: England.

World distribution: NE: North America from Alaska to Quebec and south to Washington. PA: Afghanistan, Canary Is.,? Egypt, Europe (from Iceland and Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean), Iran, Israel, Japan, Madeira, Mongolia, North Africa, Russia.

Egyptian localities: Unknown.

Activity period in Egypt: Unknown.

Remarks: This is an old record from Egypt by Dirickx (1994), but no such record was listed by Peck (1988) and we are unaware of any such record. On the other hand, the species has been recorded from every other North African country including Libya.

References

Dirickx, G. H. (1994) Atlas des Dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. Studiedocumenten van het KBIN, Brussel, 75, 1 - 317.

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.

Peck, L. V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Akademia Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11 - 230.

Walker, F. (1851) Diptera. In: Walker, F., Stainton, H. T. & Wilkinson, S. J. (Eds.), Insecta Britannica. Vol. 1. L. Reeve, London, pp. 1 - 314.