Eristalinus sepulchralis ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 226

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scientific name	Eristalinus sepulchralis ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Eristalinus sepulchralis ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL [ ERISTALINAE : ERISTALINI ]

Musca sepulchralis Linnaeus, 1758: 596 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden.

Musca melanius Harris, 1776: 53. Type locality: England.

Syrphus tristis Fabricius, 1794: 303 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (Kiel).

Eristalis impunctata Strobl, 1910: 106 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria (Radkersburg).

Eristalinus riki Violovitsh, 1957: 752 View in CoL . Type locality: Russia (Far East: Sakhalin).

Eristalis miki Mutin & Barkalov, 1999: 451 View in CoL . Misspelling of riki Violovitsh. View in CoL

World distribution: OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Europe (Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean; from Ireland through most of Europe into Turkey and European parts of Russia; through Siberia to the Pacific coast), Israel, Japan, Jordan, Mongolia, Morocco, Syria.

Egyptian localities: Unknown.

Activity period in Egypt: Unknown.

Remarks: This species was listed as recorded from Egypt by Steyskal & El-Bialy (1967) and Peck (1988), but no specimens or published records have been found. Probably the record is a misidentification.