Cheilosia soror (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Ricarte, Antonio, Nedeljković, Zorica, Rotheray, Graham E., Lyszkowski, Richard M., Hancock, Geoffrey, Watt, Kenneth, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David & Wilkinson, Geoffrey, 2012, Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3175, pp. 1-23 : 5

Cheilosia soror (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Material examined. 1 3, Potamia River, 28.v to 9. vi.2010, 2 3 and 2 Ƥ, Agiasos, 28.v–9.vi.2010, leg. E.G. Hancock [HM]; 1 3, riverside vegetation near Neochori, 7.vi.2010, 2 Ƥ, 1km W of Vatousa, roadside vegetation, 5.vi.2010, leg. G.E. Rotheray; 2 3 and 1 Ƥ, east Kalloni bay, salt marsh, 29.v.2010, 2 3, Skala Kallonis, 6.vi.2010, 1 Ƥ, near Vatousa, 7.vi.2010, leg. G. Wilkinson; 4 3, Lardia Gorge, 39º14´N 26º1´E, 5.vi.2010, 1 Ƥ, Agiasos, 39º3´N 26º23´E, 28.v.2010, leg. S.M. Hewitt [ NMS]; 1 Ƥ, Agiasos, sweet chestnut forest, 28.v.2010, 2 3, Potamia, Anemotia, roadside, near bridge site, false fennel (yellow umbellifer), 3.vi.2010, leg. Kenn Watt [KW].

Notes. This was the most frequently collected Cheilosia Meigen species. The species occurs in different habitats of the island, from riverside vegetation to sweet chestnut forests. Cheilosia soror is a widespread species occurring from the Iberian Peninsula to Siberia and Japan and from the Scandinavian Peninsula to the North of Africa. Larva undescribed but found in some fungi ( Speight 2011).