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Eristalinus sepulchralis

Description

Eristalinus sepulchralis (Linnaeus, 1758) [ERISTALINAE: ERISTALINI]

Musca sepulchralis Linnaeus, 1758: 596. Type locality: Sweden.

Musca melanius Harris, 1776: 53. Type locality: England.

Syrphus tristis Fabricius, 1794: 303. Type locality: Germany (Kiel).

Eristalis impunctata Strobl, 1910: 106. Type locality: Austria (Radkersburg).

Eristalinus riki Violovitsh, 1957: 752. Type locality: Russia (Far East: Sakhalin).

Eristalis miki Mutin & Barkalov, 1999: 451. Misspelling of riki Violovitsh.

World distribution: OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Europe (Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean; from Ireland through most of Europe into Turkey and European parts of Russia; through Siberia to the Pacific coast), Israel, Japan, Jordan, Mongolia, Morocco, Syria.

Egyptian localities: Unknown.

Activity period in Egypt: Unknown.

Remarks: This species was listed as recorded from Egypt by Steyskal & El-Bialy (1967) and Peck (1988), but no specimens or published records have been found. Probably the record is a misidentification.

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 page 226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Eristalinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
sepulchralis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eristalinus sepulchralis (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.
  • Harris, M. (1776 - 1780) An exposition of English insects, with curious observations and remarks, wherein each insect is particularly described; its parts and properties considered; the different sexes distinguished, and the natural history faithfully related. The whole illustrated with copper plates, drawn, engraved, and coloured, by the author. Printed for the Author, London, 166 + [4] pp., pls. 1 - 50.
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1794) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. IV. C. G. Proft, Fil. et Soc., Hafniae [= Copenhagen], 472 pp.
  • Strobl, P. G. (1910) Die Dipteren von Steiermark II. Nachtrag. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines fur Steiermark, 46, 45 - 293.
  • Violovitsh, N. A. (1957) New palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Far Eastern Territory of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 36, 748 - 755.
  • Mutin, V. A. & Barkalov, A. V. (1999) 62. Family Syrphidae. In: Lehr, P. A. (Ed.), Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 6. Diptera and Siphonaptera. Part I. Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 342 - 500. [in Russian]
  • Steyskal, G. C. & El-Bialy, S. (1967) A list of Egyptian Diptera with a bibliography and key to families. Ministry of Agriculture Technical Bulletin, 3, 12 - 18.
  • Peck, L. V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Akademia Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11 - 230.