Eristalis taeniops Wiedemann, 1818: 42
An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Dawah, Hassan A.
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Ahmad, Syed Kamran
Al-Dhafer, Hathal
Turner, James
Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-25
4855
1
1
69
8C3GS
(Wiedemann, 1818)
Wiedemann
1818
[151,644,1441,1468]
Insecta
Syrphidae
Eristalinus
Animalia
Diptera
21
22
Arthropoda
species
taeniops
( Fig. 21)
Eristalis taeniops Wiedemann, 1818: 42
Examined specimens. 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 9–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah( CRES); 1♀, same locality but 19.vi.–9.vii.2014( CERS); 1♂, Jazan, Fifa, Jebel Fifa, Al Abacia, 1.ii.1983, A. Talhouk& S.Tilkian( KSMA); 2♂, 2♀, Al-Riyadh, Ad Dir‘iyah, 20 Km. W. Al-Riyadh, 5.vi.1993, grass, AbdelAziz( KSMA); 1♂, same locality but 30.vi.1991, Al-Omrani( KSMA); 2♀, same locality but 1.v.1992, Al-Ahmad( KSMA); 1♂, same locality but 1.xii.1992, grass ( KSMA); 1♂, same locality but 19.x.1989, alfalfa, Amr( KSMA); 1♀, same locality but 25.x.1989( KSMA); 1♀, same locality but 22.ii.1989( KSMA); 1♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Muzahimiyah, 31.iii.1993, grass, Al-Saleh( KSMA); 1♀, Al-Riyadh, Al-Uyaynah, 45 Km. W. Al-Riyadh, 14.ii.1993, Al-Saleh( KSMA); 3♂, 8♀, Asir, Abha, Wadi Abha, 28.iv.2011, sweeping, M. Sharaf( KSMA).
Distribution.This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabiaby Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993)and recently by El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from South Africaand also recorded from the following areas: Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Socotra, Tanzania, Transcaucasus in eastern parts of the Afrotropical region down to South Africa(inclusive), United Arab Emirates, Yemenand Zimbabwe( Rhodesia); Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, southern France(including Corsica), Greece(including Creteand Rhodes), Iran, Israel, Italy(including Serdina, Lampedusa and Sicily), Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkeyand Yugoslavia; Oriental Region: northern India, Nepaland parts of Pakistan( Smith & Vockeroth 1980; Peck 1988; Dirickx 1994; Whittington 2003; Birtele et al. 2010; Naderloo et al. 2011; Khosravian et al. 2015; Speight 2020; Smit et al. 2017; Haffaressas et al. 2017; Mebarkia et al. 2020).
Remarks.The larvae of E. taeniopsare found in standing water containing decaying plant material (e.g. pine needles) or rotting animal carcasses and also in running water contaminated by pig manure ( Haffaressas et al. 2017; Speight 2020). Pérez-Bañóni et al. (2003b) described the larvae and puparia of E. taeniopsfor the first time, including new morphological characters of the thoracic respiratory process. In addition, they described the morphology of the male genitalia of E. taeniopsand compared it with that of E. megacephalus. Genus EumerusMeigen The genus Eumerusis one of the most diverse genera within the Syrphidae, distributed mainly in the arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia and Africa with approximately 300 described species ( Chroni et al. 2017). There are more than 170 species of Eumerusin the Palaearctic region and 70 species in the Afrotropical region ( Peck 1988; Kuznetzov 1992; Whittington 2003; Grković et al. 2015; Ricarte et al.2017; Speight 2020; Garcete-Barrett et al. 2020). Most species of Eumerusare thermophilous and most of them fly quickly near the ground, which makes them difficult to spot ( van Veen2004). The larvae are phytophages and they are considered as pests in commercial bulb plantations attacking pulpy stems and plant organs ( Mutin 2016), causing economic damage to bulbs, stems, roots, or tubers of Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceaeand Solanaceae( Thompson et al.2010; Ohara 2012; Ricarte et al.2017).
3029038335
[415,1318,1616,1643]
2014-05-09
2014-05-30
2014-05-09
CRES
H. A. Dawah
Hay Al-Nusub
Abha
21
22
1
1
'Asir
3029038317
2014-06-19
2014-07-09
2014-06-19
CERS
H. A. Dawah
Hay Al-Nusub
Abha
21
22
1
1
'Asir
3029038505
1983-02-01
KSMA
A. Talhouk & S. Tilkian
Al Abacia
Jebel
21
22
1
1
Jazan, Fifa
3029038518
[265,1319,1688,1715]
1993-06-05
KSMA
Km. W. Al-Riyadh & AbdelAziz
Ad Dir'iyah
Al-Riyadh
21
22
4
2
2
Jazan, Fifa
3029038410
1991-06-30
KSMA
Al-Omrani
Ad Dir'iyah
Al-Riyadh
21
22
1
1
Jazan, Fifa
3029038476
[662,1247,1724,1751]
1992-05-01
KSMA
Al-Omrani
Ad Dir'iyah
Al-Riyadh
21
22
2
2
Al Ahmadi
3029038502
1992-12-01
KSMA
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038389
[546,1177,1760,1787]
1989-10-19
KSMA
Amr
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038423
1989-10-25
KSMA
Amr
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038495
[383,848,1796,1823]
1989-02-22
KSMA
Amr
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038319
1993-03-31
KSMA
Al-Saleh
Al Muzahimiyah
Al-Riyadh
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038392
[378,1328,1832,1859]
1993-02-14
KSMA
Km. W. Al-Riyadh & Al-Saleh
Al-Uyaynah
Al-Riyadh
21
22
1
1
Al Ahmadi
3029038355
2011-04-28
KSMA
M. Sharaf
Wadi Abha
Abha
21
22
11
8
3
'Asir