Published July 1, 2019 | Version v1

Episyrphus balteatus

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Hof der Toekomst 48, NL- 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands
  • 2. Kolkakkerweg 21 - 2, NL- 6708 RK Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • 3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Vrouwenmantel 18, 3621 TR Breukelen, The Netherlands
  • 4. Ethnikis Antistaseos 21, 3022 Lemessos, Cyprus
  • 5. Korte Hoefstraat 30, 5046 DB Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • 6. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany * Corresponding author: Email: jvansteenis @ syrphidaeintrees. com

Description

Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)

Very common and widespread species. Dirickx (1994) gave records from Cyprus.

Remarks. Found in most habitats (2: 3♀♀; 3: 2♀♀; 7: 1♀♀; 10: 2♀♀; 11: 6♀♀; 12: 2♀♀; 14: 2♀♀; 17: 1♀; 19: 1♀; 21: 1♂ 3♀♀; 23: 1♀; 24: 2♀♀). Flower visiting observed on Hedera pastuchovii subsp. cypria, Foeniculum vulgare, Dittrichia viscosa subsp. angustifolia and Cachrys crassiloba.

Notes

Published as part of Steenis, Jeroen van, van Zuijen, Menno P., Steenis, Wouter van, Makris, Christodoulos, Eck, André van & Mengual, Ximo, 2019, Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017, pp. 125-146 in Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125, http://zenodo.org/record/20288340

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References

  • Dirickx HG (1994) Atlas des Dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. L' Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 317 pp