Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 216-217

Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848

Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848a : 132. Type locality: Italy, Greece, Sicily.

Material examined: 1 female, Kom Oshem , 25.III.2001, leg. El-Hawagry [in personal collection of El-Hawagry] ; 1 female, Tisfa , 31.VIII.1929, leg. H.C.E. & M.T., specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978) ; 1 male, Burg , 7.II.1927, leg. H.C. E & M.T .; 1 female, Helwan , 12.X.1935, leg. Farag; Ismailia, 20.XI.1926, leg. Tewfik [EFC] ; 2 males, 1 female, Mariout, El-Burg , 7.III.1925, leg. Efflatoun, specimens published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978) [PPDD] .

World distribution: PA: Algeria, Arabian Peninsula, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Mongolia, Morocco, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, former Yugoslavia.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Abu-Mina, El-Burg, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez, Wadi Ibtadi. Fayoum: Kom Oshem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Boulaq El-Dakrour, Cairo, El-Katta, El-Mansouriya, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim, Kirdassa, Kombira, Maadi, Qubba, Shubra, Tisfa. Upper Nile Valley: Komombo. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978), the examined museum material and the examined material collected by the first author].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: E. amoenus is often bred fromonion, Allium cepa L. ( Shaumar & Kamal 1978), where it is regarded as a pest ( Gendy 1978). Efflatoun (1922) stated that E. amoenus is the commonest species of the genus in Egypt, and may be found from October to June throughout the Nile Valley from the Mediterranean coast to Upper Egypt and in Fayoum. This species flies among low-growing vegetation at up to 1m from the ground, often in partiallyshaded conditions. It uses short vegetation on the ground rather than bare soil or stones to settle on ( Speight 2017).