Wiedemann, 1818 : 42 Helophilus pulchriceps Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 Walker, 1849 : 612 Walker, 1849 : 620 Walker, 1849 : 621 Adams, 1905 : 162 Abréu, 1924 : 109 Abréu, 1924 : 110 taeniops Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera) El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Gilbert, Francis Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-05 4577 2 201 248 8C3GS (Wiedemann, 1818) Wiedemann 1818 [151,804,1777,1803] Insecta Syrphidae Eristalinus GBIF Animalia Diptera 18 219 Arthropoda species taeniops Eristalodes     Eristalis taeniops  Wiedemann, 1818: 42. Typelocality: South Africa( Cape).   Helophilus pulchricepsWiedemann in Meigen, 1822. Typelocality: Portugal.    Eristalis torridus  Walker, 1849: 612. Typelocality: Unknown.    Eristalis secretus  Walker, 1849: 620. Typelocality: Unknown.    Eristalis aegyptius  Walker, 1849: 621. Typelocality: Egypt.    Eristalis communis  Adams, 1905: 162. Typelocality: Zimbabwe [as Rhodesia] ( Harare).    Eristalis concinna  Abréu, 1924: 109. Typelocality: Canary Is. (La Palma).    Eristalis completa  Abréu, 1924: 110(as var. of  taeniops). Typelocality: Canary Is. (La Palma).   Material examined:  1 male, 2 females, Wadi Digla,  5.VIII.2001, leg. El-Hawagry;  2 females, Kom Osheem,  2.III.1999, leg. El-Hawagry;  1 male, Abu-Ghalib, 7.  VI.20 17, leg. El-Hawagry[in personal collection of El- Hawagry].  World distribution: AF: Eastern parts of the Afrotropical Region down to South Africa, UAE, Yemen. NE: USA( Californiato Florida). OR: India, Nepal, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Europe ( Portugal, Spainand round the Mediterranean basin (southern Franceincluding Corsica, Italyincluding Sardiniaand Sicily, parts of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Cyprus, Greece(including Creteand Rhodes), Turkey), Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transcaucasia, Tunisia.  Egyptian localities: Widespread in Egypt[Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978)and the examined material collected by the first author].  Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.   Remarks:  E. taeniopsis one of the commonest and largest of the Egyptian Syrphidae ( Efflatoun 1922). Adults come to the edges of small streams to drink during hot weather. They usually visit flowers of  Eryngium, Euphorbia, Hedera, Mentha, Rubus, Senecioand Solidago( Marcos-García 1985; Speight 2017). The rat-tailed larvae feed in water polluted by decaying organic matter, such as sewage treatment ponds ( Mahmoud et al. 1999). 2234951429 [811,1045,2001,2023] Zimbabwe Harare 18 219 1 Harare 2234951486 [401,1124,249,274] 2001-08-05 El-Hawagry Wadi Digla 19 220 3 2 1 2234951471 1999-03-02 El-Hawagry Osheem 19 220 2 2 Qom 2234951432 [495,1076,285,310] VI. 2 El-Hawagry Abu-Ghalib 19 220 1 1 Qom