Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929851 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF8A-8B3E-8585-DB24FB2B30AB |
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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL
Musca tenax Linnaeus, 1758: 591 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden.
Conops vulgaris Scopoli, 1763: 354 View in CoL . Type locality: Slovenia.
Musca porcina De Geer, 1776: 98. Unjustified new name of tenax View in CoL .
Musca apiformis Geoffroy, 1785: 488. Type locality: Sweden.
Eristalis campestris Meigen, 1822: 387 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany & Austria.
Eristalis hortorum Meigen, 1822: 387 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.
Eristalis sylvaticus Meigen, 1822: 388 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.
Eristalis vulpinus Meigen, 1822: 388 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.
Eristalis cognatus Wiedemann, 1824: 37 View in CoL . Type locality: India ( Tranquebar).
Eristalis sinensis Wiedemann, 1824: 37 View in CoL . Type locality: China.
Eristalis nili Rondani, 1850: 166 . Type locality: Egypt.
Eristalis columbica Macquart, 1855: 108 . Type locality: Colombia.
Eristalis ventralis Thomson, 1869: 489 View in CoL . Type locality: China.
Eristalis tenax var. alpinus Strobl, 1893: 185 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.
Eristalis claripes Abréu, 1924: 104 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is.
Material examined: 1 male, Arish , 6.V.1934, leg. Shafik ; 1 female, Ismailia, 7.IV.1926, leg. Tewfik ; 1 female, Wadi Rishrash , 21.VI.1932, leg. Tewfik ; [EFC].
World distribution: Cosmopolitan, known from all regions except the Antarctic.
Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Ismailiya, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rishrash.
Fayoum: Fayoum City, Kom Osheem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Cairo, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Marg, Embaba, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kombira, Shubra. Sinai: El-Arish. [Sources: Efflatoun 1922, Shaumar & Kamal 1978 and the examined museum material].
Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.
Remarks: E. tenax is the most widely distributed syrphid in Egypt ( Efflatoun 1922). Adults fly up to 5m from ground, spending a considerable amount of time resting on flowers and foliage, and in the evenings can be found sunning on the foliage of bushes and shrubs ( Speight 2017). A wide range of flowers is visited by this species, including white, yellow, pink and blue blooms ( De Buck, 1990). The rat-tailed larvae filter bacteria from water polluted by decaying organic matter, such as sewage treatment ponds ( Aguilera et al. 1999).
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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758
| El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Eristalis claripes Abréu, 1924 : 104
| Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 104 |
Eristalis tenax var. alpinus
| Strobl, P. G. 1893: 185 |
Eristalis ventralis
| Thomson, C. G. 1869: 489 |
Eristalis columbica
| Macquart, P. J. M. 1855: 108 |
Eristalis cognatus
| Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 37 |
Eristalis sinensis
| Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 37 |
Eristalis campestris
| Meigen, J. W. 1822: 387 |
Eristalis hortorum
| Meigen, J. W. 1822: 387 |
Eristalis sylvaticus
| Meigen, J. W. 1822: 388 |
Eristalis vulpinus
| Meigen, J. W. 1822: 388 |
Conops vulgaris
| Scopoli, J. A. 1763: 354 |
tenax
| Linnaeus, C. 1758: 591 |