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