Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929763 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF97-8B21-8585-DB7DFE573067 |
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Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 ) |
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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).
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Meliscaeva auricollis ( Meigen, 1822 )
El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Syrphus discolor Abréu, 1924 : 56
Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 56 |
Syrphus thoracicus Abréu, 1924 : 42
Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 42 |
Syrphus fuscus
Palma, G. 1864: 55 |
Scaeva cinctipes
Zetterstedt, J. W. 1859: 6000 |
Syrphus nigritibius
Rondani, C. 1857: 130 |
Scaeva maculicornis
Zetterstedt, J. W. 1843: 736 |
Syrphus macilentus
Meigen, J. W. 1838: 135 |
Scaeva auricollis
Meigen, J. W. 1822: 318 |
Syrphus iris
Meigen, J. W. 1822: 320 |
Syrphus modestus
Meigen, J. W. 1822: 323 |