Myathropa florea ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 223-224

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929859

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Myathropa florea ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
status

 

Myathropa florea ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Musca florea Linnaeus, 1758: 591 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden.

Musca ablecta Harris, 1776: 41. Type locality: England.

Musca atropos Schrank, 1776: 94. Type locality: Austria (Linz).

Helophilus bigotii Macquart, 1850: 445 View in CoL . Type locality: Egypt.

Helophilus nigrotarsata Schiner, 1861: 339 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria (Kierling).

Myiathropa florea View in CoL var. f lavofemorata Strobl, 1902: 481. Type locality: Balkans & Austria.

Myiatropa florea var. nigrofasciata Becker, 1907: 250 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria ( Algiers).

Eristalomyia auripila Becker, 1921: 53 View in CoL . Type locality: USSR (Caucasia, Stavropol).

Myiatropa florea var. nigrofemorata Abréu, 1924: 115 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma).

Myiatropa florea var. pygmaea Abréu, 1924: 115 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma).

Myiatropa florea var. varifemorata Abréu, 1924: 115 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma).

Myiatropa florea var. nigrolanata Frey, 1945: 57 View in CoL . Type locality: Azores Islands ( Flores, Ribeira Fazenda).

World distribution: PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, Europe (from Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean; from Ireland eastwards through Eurasia to the Pacific coast).

Egyptian localities: Unknown.

Activity period in Egypt: Unknown.

Remarks: Only very old records appear to be known ( Dirickx 1994), although the species clearly is distributed right across North Africa. Adults fly fast, usually at 2m upwards in height. Males circulate at speed, making a highly audible buzzing. Both sexes fly along the margins of streams, settling on stones at the water's edge, often in order to drink. Flowers visited include: White umbellifers, Convolvulus, Crataegus, Chaerophyllum, Euonymus, Hedera, Rhododendron, Rubus, Solidago , Sorbus ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Myathropa

Loc

Myathropa florea ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019
2019
Loc

Myiatropa florea var. nigrolanata

Frey, R. 1945: 57
1945
Loc

Myiatropa florea var. nigrofemorata Abréu, 1924 : 115

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 115
1924
Loc

Myiatropa florea var. pygmaea Abréu, 1924 : 115

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 115
1924
Loc

Myiatropa florea var. varifemorata Abréu, 1924 : 115

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 115
1924
Loc

Eristalomyia auripila

Becker, T. 1921: 53
1921
Loc

Myiatropa florea var. nigrofasciata

Becker, Th. 1907: 250
1907
Loc

florea

Strobl, P. G. 1902: 481
1902
Loc

Helophilus nigrotarsata

Schiner, I. R. 1861: 339
1861
Loc

Helophilus bigotii

Macquart, P. J. M. 1850: 445
1850
Loc

florea

Linnaeus, C. 1758: 591
1758
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