Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 209-210

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929763

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF97-8B21-8585-DB7DFE573067

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scientific name

Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 )
status

 

Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822) View in CoL

Scaeva auricollis Meigen, 1822: 318 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.

Syrphus iris Meigen, 1822: 320 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.

Syrphus modestus Meigen, 1822: 323 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.

Syrphus macilentus Meigen, 1838: 135 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.

Scaeva maculicornis Zetterstedt, 1843: 736 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden.

Syrphus nigritibius Rondani, 1857: 130 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy (Parma).

Scaeva cinctipes Zetterstedt, 1859: 6000 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Scania: Lindholmen).

Syrphus fuscus Palma, 1864: 55 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy (Napoli: Sanseverino).

Syrphus discolor Abréu, 1924: 56 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma).

Syrphus thoracicus Abréu, 1924: 42 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma).

Material examined: 1 female, Mariout, El Burg, 7.VIII.1925. leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD].

World distribution: AF: Widespread. PA: Canary Is., Egypt, Europe (Fennoscandia and the Faroes Is. south to Iberia, the Mediterranean (including Cyprus, Malta and Crete); Ireland eastwards through most of Europe into European parts of Russia; Turkey), Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Syria.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: El-Burg, Mariout. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Shubra. [Sources: as Syrphus auricollis in Efflatoun (1922, 1925 ) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)].

Activity period in Egypt: August to March.

Remarks: Adults fly around tree foliage, and males hover over tracks etc. at 2– 5 m. It visits an extensive list of flowers, especially white flowers of the Umbelliferae , Euphorbia, Filipendula, Hedera, Rubus , Salix, Sarothamnus and Sorbus ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017). In Egypt, the larvae have been recorded feeding on aphids attacking rose bushes ( Efflatoun 1922).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Meliscaeva

Loc

Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019
2019
Loc

Syrphus discolor Abréu, 1924 : 56

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 56
1924
Loc

Syrphus thoracicus Abréu, 1924 : 42

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 42
1924
Loc

Syrphus fuscus

Palma, G. 1864: 55
1864
Loc

Scaeva cinctipes

Zetterstedt, J. W. 1859: 6000
1859
Loc

Syrphus nigritibius

Rondani, C. 1857: 130
1857
Loc

Scaeva maculicornis

Zetterstedt, J. W. 1843: 736
1843
Loc

Syrphus macilentus

Meigen, J. W. 1838: 135
1838
Loc

Scaeva auricollis

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 318
1822
Loc

Syrphus iris

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 320
1822
Loc

Syrphus modestus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 323
1822
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