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Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum

Description

Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758: 591. Type locality: Sweden.

Material examined: 1 female, St. Katherine, Sinai, 4.VII.2012, leg. Norfolk [unpublished thesis of Norfolk (2015)].

World distribution: NE: Wisconsin to Labrador, s. to Kansas & South Carolina. OR: India. PA: Algeria, Egypt, Europe (Fennoscandia southwards; from Ireland eastwards through much of Europe into Russia and on through Siberia to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin)), Morocco, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Sinai: St. Catherine.

Activity period in Egypt: July.

Remarks: Norfolk (2015) found a female specimen of Eristalis arbustorum (L.) in St. Catherine, Sinai visiting Achillea fragrantissima.

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), pp. 201-248 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2012-07-04
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Eristalis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
arbustorum
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-07-04
Taxonomic concept label
Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. El-Hawagry & Gilbert, 2019

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 828 pp.
  • Norfolk, O. (2015) Assessing the biodiversity impacts of Bedouin agricultural gardens. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 177 pp.