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Sphaerophoria (Sphaerophoria) scripta

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Sphaerophoria (Sphaerophoria) scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca scripta Linnaeus, 1758: 594. Type locality: Sweden (Svecia).

Musca libatrix Scopoli, 1763: 346. Type locality: Slovenia [as "Carniola"].

Musca invisito Harris, 1780: 83. Type locality: England (not given).

Sphaerophoria strigata Staeger, 1845: 362. Type locality: Greenland (not given).

Sphaerophoria scripta var. scutellata Portevin, 1909: 25. Type locality: France (Evreux).

Sphaerophoria menthastri var. violacea Santos Abréu, 1924: 71. Type locality: Canary Is.

Sphaerophoria brunettii Joseph, 1967: 243. Type locality: India (Srinagar in Kashmir).

Material examined: 1 male, El Marg, 26.III.1921, leg. Efflatoun; 1 female, Wadi Hoff, 14.IV.1921 (specimens published in Efflatoun (1922) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD]; 1 male, Ezbet El-Nakhl, 12.IV.1943, leg. Shafik; 2 males, 2 females, Ein Gedeirat, 13–22.IV.1938, leg. Shafik; 3 males, 9 females, Wadi El-Lega (S. Sinai) VI–IX.1943, leg. Efflatoun [EFC].

World distribution: NE:?. OR: India, Kashmir, Nepal. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Greenland, Madera, Mongolia, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Nuzha. Eastern Desert: Ghoubbet El-Bous, Wadi Hoff. Fayoum: Kom Osheem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Behaira, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Marg, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Giza, Helwan, Kirdassa, Kombiram, Pyramids, Shubra. Sinai: Gebel Moussa, Ein Gedeirat, Wadi El-Lega. Upper Nile Valley: Isna. Western Desert: Pyramids, Siwa Oasis. [Source: Efflatoun (1922); Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material].

Activity period in Egypt: February to November.

Remarks: Adults fly low through grasses and settle on vegetation, including grass stems. An extensive list of flowers is recorded for visits by this species in Europe, especially white Umbelliferae, Achillea, Cirsium, Crataegus, Erigeron, Euphorbia, Leontodon, and Origanum (De Buck 1990; Speight 2017).

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), pp. 201-248 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on pages 212-213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643

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Biodiversity

Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sphaerophoria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
scripta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphaerophoria (Sphaerophoria) scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. El-Hawagry & Gilbert, 2019

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 828 pp.
  • Scopoli, J. A. (1763) Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae indigena et distribute in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Trattner, Vindobonae [= Vienna], 420 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119976
  • Staeger, C. (1845) Gronlands Antliater. Natuurhistorisch Tijdschrift, 1 (2), 346 - 369.
  • Portevin, G. (1909) Description d'une variete nouvelle de Sphaerophoria scripta (L.) (Dipt.). Annales de L'Association des Naturalistes de Levallois-Perret, 14, 25 - 26.
  • Santos Abreu, E. (1924) Monografia de los Syrphidos de las Islas Canarias, Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, Series 3, 19 (1), 1 - 148.
  • Joseph, A. N. T. (1967) On the " forms " of Sphaerophoria St. Fargeau and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) described by Brunetti from India. Oriental Insects, 1 (3 - 4), 243 - 248. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1967.10433864
  • Efflatoun, H. C. (1922) A Monograph of Egyptian Diptera. (Part I. Fam. Syrphidae). Memoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 2, 1 - 123.
  • Shaumar, N. & Kamal, S. (1978) The Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47, 79 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1978.10295
  • De Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor Belgie. Studiedocumenten van het K. B. I. N., Brussel, 167 pp.
  • Speight, M. C. D. (2017) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Vanappelghem, C. (Eds.), Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Vol. 97. Syrph the Net Publication, Dublin, 294 pp.