Milesia semiluctifera (Villers, 1789)

Ricarte, Antonio, Nedeljković, Zorica, Rotheray, Graham E., Lyszkowski, Richard M., Hancock, Geoffrey, Watt, Kenneth, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David & Wilkinson, Geoffrey, 2012, Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3175, pp. 1-23 : 16

Milesia semiluctifera (Villers, 1789)

Material examined. 1 3 and 1 Ƥ, across Potamia river, 3.vi.2010, leg. E.G. Hancock, det. E.G. Hancock 2011 [HM]; 1 3, R. Potamia, along track 1–3.75kms from bridge, 2.vi.2010, 1 3, R. Potamia, along track 3.75kms from bridge, 3.vi.2010, leg. G.E. Rotheray [ NMS]; 1 3 and 1Ƥ, 2.3km SE of Anemotia, on flowers on olive grove terraces bordering the Potamia river, 39°13´35.3˝ N 26°6´48.3˝E, 3.v.2010, leg. R.M. Lyszkowski [RL].

Notes. Larva undescribed. Milesia Latreille larvae were collected in rot holes of Castanea trees in 2010, but were unsuccessfully reared under controlled conditions; thus there is no certainty those were M. semiluctifera larvae.