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Episyrphus balteatus

Description

Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)

Musca balteata De Geer, 1776:116. Type locality: Sweden.

Distribution in Nepal. Oriental and Palaearctic – NEPAL. Kathmandu District: Manichud, 1,800 – 2,300 m; Nagarjun, 1,400 –2,100 m; Shivapuri, 1,700 –2,300 m; Sundarijal, 1,500 –2,000 m; Nuwakot, Gurjebhanjyang, 1,600 –2,000 m; Taplejung District: Sanghu and Tamrang at 1,585m; Kathmandu District: Guheswari at 1,300m, Godawari, Chhauni, Kirtipur and Balaju, Sindhupalchok District: Helambu at 2,400m; Manang District: Chame at 2,700 –3,200 m Pisang; Mugu District: Rara lake at 2,945m; Jumla: Gothichour at 2,800 –3,100 m and Maharigaon at 3,220m; Bajura District: Kuwadi Khola at 2,900m (Coe, 1964; Lambeck & Kiauta, 1973; Kapoor et al., 1979; Thapa, 2015; Ghorpadé, 2014, 2015a; Budhathoki et al., 2021; Dyola et al., 2023).

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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References

  • Coe, R. L. (1964) Diptera from Nepal. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Entomology, 15, 255-290. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.20541
  • Lambeck, H. J. P. & Kiauta, B. (1973) On a small collection of syrphid flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Kathmandu Valley and the Khumbu Himal region (Nepal). Entomologische Berichten, 33, 72-78.
  • Kapoor, V. C., Malla, Y. K. & Rajbhandari, Y. (1979) Syrphid flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Kathmandu Valley, Nepal with a check list of syrphids of Nepal. Journal of Natural History Museum, Kathmandu, 3, 51-68.
  • Thapa, V. K. (2015) Insect diversity in Nepal. VK Thapa Publication, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1097 p.
  • Ghorpade, K. (2014) An updated check-list of the Hover-flies (Diptera-Syrphidae) recorded in the Indian subcontinent. Colemania, 44, 1-30.
  • Ghorpade, K. (2015 a) A summary, updated account of the Hoverflies (Diptera - Syrphidae) of the Nepal Himalaya. Colemania, 49, 1-11.
  • Budhathoki, N., Dhakal, S. & Dyola, U. (2021) Diversity of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Nagarjun, Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Nepal. Biodiversitas, 22, 5382-5388. https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d221220
  • Dyola, U., Baniya, C. B., Acharya, P. R., Hassan, M. A., Pandey, A. & Sapkota, K. (2023) A faunistic study on the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park, Central Nepal. Oriental Insects, 57 (4), 1004-1040. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2023.2171497