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Episyrphus balteatus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Living Beings, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria. & Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria.
- 2. Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria. & Laboratory of Water and Environment, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria.
- 3. Department of Living Beings, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria. & Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Applications, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University, 12002, Tebessa, Algeria.
- 4. Research Institute CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad), Science Park, University of Alicante, Ctra. San Vicente del Raspeig s / n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain.
- 5. Laboratoire de Recherche et de Conservation des Zones Humides, University 08 mai 1945, Guelma, Algeria. & Department of Biology, University Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria.
Description
Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer)
New records (32 ex.): 05 ♂, 03 ♀, L8, 01-03.IV., 24-31. V., 06. VI.2012; 03 ♂, L8, 30.III.2013; 04 ♂, 01 ♀, L8, 13-20.XI.2015; 02 ♂, 01 ♀, L2, 13.IV.2016; 07 ♂, 03 ♀, L8, 08-15-29.I., 12.II., 25.IV.2016; 02 ♂, 01 ♀, L6, 20.XI.2022; leg. D.S., B.D and M.F., S.A., M.N., M.K.
Literature record. Undetermined localities (Séguy 1961). Listed (Peck 1988). Distribution map (Dirickx 1994). Determined localities (Djellab et al. 2013, 2019; Deghiche-Diab et al. 2015; Haffaressas et al. 2017; Djebara et al. 2018; Labdaoui 2019; Mostefaoui et al. 2019; Mebarkia et al. 2020; Ait Amar et al. 2022; Ghelamallah et al. 2025).
World distribution. Palaearctic-Oriental.
Algerian localities. Algiers, Batna, Biskra, Blida, Bouira, El Kala, Guelma, Mostaganem, Oum El Bouaghi, Tebessa, Tizi Ouzou.
Flight period. January to December.
Flowers visited. Scolymus hispanicus, Anthemis arvensis (Asteraceae), Erysimum grandiflorum (Brassicaceae).
Larva. Zoophagous.
Notes
Published as part of Djellab, Siheme, Mebarkia, Nadjoua, Mehalaine, Khadidja, Ricarte, Antonio & Samraoui, Boudjema, 2026, An annotated checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Algeria, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 5802 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/21191091
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.1 (DOI)
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- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFBE3441CC1C6D7FFF99FFF79259FFFA (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/91AE4BE5-5356-49E4-8CB2-9175522A8728 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03874C39CC086D6BFF0EFC049395F9F9 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- V, VI
- Event date
- 2012-06-06
- Verbatim event date
- 2012-06-06
- 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. Djellab, Mebarkia, Mehalaine, Ricarte & Samraoui, 2026
References
- Seguy, E. (1961) Dipteres Syrphides de l'Europe occidentale. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Nouvelle Serie A-Zoologie, 248 pp. [in French]
- Peck, L. V. (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos, A & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Syrphidae- Conopidae. Vol. 8. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11-230.
- Dirickx, H. G. (1994) Atlas des Dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. Documents de Travail. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, 314 pp. [in French]
- Djellab, S., Van Eck, A. & Samraoui, B. (2013) A survey of the hoverflies of northeastern Algeria (Diptera: Syrphidae). Egyptian Journal of Biology, 15 (1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4314/ejb.v15i1.1
- Djellab, S., Mebarkia, N., Neffar, S. & Chenchouni, H. (2019) Diversity and phenology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in pine forests (Pinus halepensis Mill.) of Algeria. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 22 (3), 766-777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2019.05.012
- Deghiche-Diab, N., Porcelli, F. & Belhamra, M. (2015) Entomofauna of Ziban Oasis, Biskra, Algeria. Journal of Insect Science, 15, 41. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu170
- Haffaressas, B., Djellab, S., Samraoui, F., Alfarhan, A. H., Gilbert, F., Ricarte, A. & Samraoui, B. (2017) Hoverflies of the Guelma district, with species new to Algeria and North Africa (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie, 53 (5), 324-333. [in French] https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2017.1355262
- Djebara, F., Benzahra, A., Mimeche, F. & Saharaoui, L. (2018) Diversity of entomofauna associated with greenhouse-grown tomatoes in Algiers (North Algeria). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia, LXIII (2), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbbiol.2018.2.11
- Labdaoui, M. Z. E. (2019) Amenagement de la protection phytosanitaire contre les pucerons des agrumes dans le nord-ouest Algerien, en faveur d'une lutte biologique durable. These de Doctorat, Universite Abd El Hamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem, 175 pp. [in French]
- Mostefaoui, H., Benfekih, L., Petit, D. P. & Saladin, G. (2019) Diversite et distribution des communautes de predateurs au niveau des vergers d'agrume dans la Mitidja centrale (Algerie). Agrobiologia, 9 (1), 1311-1326. [in French]
- Mebarkia, N., Neffar, S., Djellab, S., Ricarte, A. & Chenchouni, H. (2020) New records, distribution and phenology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in semi-arid habitats in northeastern Algeria. Oriental Insects, 55 (1), 69-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2020.1749906
- Ait Amar, S., Benoufella-Kitous, K., Medjdoub-Bensaad, F. & Tahar-Chaouche, S. (2022) Diversite des pucerons et de leurs ennemis naturels en cultures sous serre a Tizi-Ouzou, Algerie. Entomologie Faunistique, 75, 1-15. [in French] https://doi.org/10.25518/2030-6318.5785
- Ghelamallah, A., Benabdelmoumene, D., Djellab, S., Mebarkia, N. & Rojo, S. (2025) New records, distribution and phenology of agronomically important hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in north-western Algeria. Oriental Insects, 60 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2025.2546857