Published September 1, 2024 | Version v1
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Episyrphus arcifer

Description

Episyrphus arcifer (Sack, 1927)

Syrphus arcifer Sack, 1927:306. Type locality: China (Kankau and Fuhosho, Taiwan).

Distribution in Nepal. Oriental – NEPAL. Kathmandu District: Godavari at 5,000m (Ghorpadé, 2015a).

Zoogeographical distribution. Oriental – CHINA, SRI LANKA, NEPAL (Ghorpadé, 2014, 2015a; Yang et al., 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Dyola, Urmila, Pandey, Anjeela, Sheikh, Taslima, Subedi, Pradip & Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, 2024, An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae), pp. 485-533 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3) on page 512, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.485, http://zenodo.org/record/17024018

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Sack
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Episyrphus
Species
arcifer
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Episyrphus arcifer (Sack, 1927) sec. Dyola, Pandey, Sheikh, Subedi & Hassan, 2024

References

  • Ghorpade, K. (2015 a) A summary, updated account of the Hoverflies (Diptera - Syrphidae) of the Nepal Himalaya. Colemania, 49, 1-11.
  • Ghorpade, K. (2014) An updated check-list of the Hover-flies (Diptera-Syrphidae) recorded in the Indian subcontinent. Colemania, 44, 1-30.
  • Yang, D., Wang, M. Q. & Li, W. L. (2020) Species catalog of China. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (VII), Diptera (3), Brachycera Cyclorrhaphous. Science Press, Beijing. 1312 p.