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Episyrphus balteatus

  • 1. Gasterenseweg
  • 2. Kerklaan 30 E, 9751 NN Haren, the Netherlands; e-mail: lenze @ carex. nl
  • 3. Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany;

Description

Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)

Material examined. *GRACIOSA: 1J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0251°N, 27.9726°W, 3 m a.s.l., 28.x.2022, not collected, observed by Carlos Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140262679; 1♀, Luz, 39.0167°N, 27.9929°W, 28 m a.s.l., 31.x.2022, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140657492; 1 J, Trás dos Pomares, 39.0402°N, 27.9952°W, 140 m a.s.l., 8.iv.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/153995611; 1 J, Terra do Conde, 39.0705°N, 28.0538°W, 48 m a.s.l., 4.vi.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https:// www.inaturalist.org/observations/165490247; 1 J, Trás dos Pomares, 39.0404°N, 28.0053°W, 275 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222087065; 4 spec. (unknown sex), Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0310°N, 27.9747°W, 245 m a.s.l., 6.viii.2023, not collected, observed by F. de Meijer and G. Keijl, https://observation.org/observation/284964408/; 1 J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0254°N, 27.9717°W, 3 m a.s.l., 1.iv.2024, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204947004; 2♀♀, near Limeira, 39.0284°N, 28.0168°W, 79 m a.s.l., 12.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002625, SB.002626, SBAN; 1 ♀, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0278°N, 27.9742°W, 172 m a.s.l., 12.ix.2024, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN; 1 J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0258°N, 27.9638°W, 300 m a.s.l., 13.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002636, SBAN. SẪO MIGUEL: 2 ♀♀, along M1038, 37.7913°N, 25.1777°W, 758 m a.s.l., 9.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002559, SB.002560, SBAN; 1 ♀, same data as for preceding, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN; 1 J, Pilar, 37.8987°N, 25.7891°W, 185 m a.s.l., 10.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002566, SBAN; 3 ♀♀, near Lagoa das Achades, 37.8135°N, 25.7332°W, 569 m a.s.l., 11.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002581–SB.002583, SBAN. TERCEIRA: 1 ♀, Reserva Florestal Natural Parcial do Biscoito da Ferraria, 38.7547°N, 27.2027°W, 584 m a.s.l. 14.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002649, SBAN; 1 ♀, same data as for preceding, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN.

Distribution. Throughout Europe, large part of Africa, from the Urals to the Pacific coast, Japan, China and Taiwan (SPEIGHT 2024).

Notes

Published as part of Bot, Sander, Hofstee, Lenze & Mengual, Ximo, 2025, Updated checklist of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Azores archipelago with taxonomic notes and the description of a new species, Eristalis azorensis sp. nov., pp. 215-232 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2025.017, http://zenodo.org/record/20264155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
De Geer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Episyrphus
Species
balteatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Episyrphus balteatus (Geer, 1776) sec. Bot, Hofstee & Mengual, 2025

References

  • SPEIGHT M. C. D. 2024: Species accounts of European Syrphidae, 2024. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Vol. 115. Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, 381 pp.