Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 222-223

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929851

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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758
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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

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

Conops vulgaris Scopoli, 1763: 354 View in CoL . Type locality: Slovenia.

Musca porcina De Geer, 1776: 98. Unjustified new name of tenax View in CoL .

Musca apiformis Geoffroy, 1785: 488. Type locality: Sweden.

Eristalis campestris Meigen, 1822: 387 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany & Austria.

Eristalis hortorum Meigen, 1822: 387 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.

Eristalis sylvaticus Meigen, 1822: 388 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.

Eristalis vulpinus Meigen, 1822: 388 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.

Eristalis cognatus Wiedemann, 1824: 37 View in CoL . Type locality: India ( Tranquebar).

Eristalis sinensis Wiedemann, 1824: 37 View in CoL . Type locality: China.

Eristalis nili Rondani, 1850: 166 . Type locality: Egypt.

Eristalis columbica Macquart, 1855: 108 . Type locality: Colombia.

Eristalis ventralis Thomson, 1869: 489 View in CoL . Type locality: China.

Eristalis tenax var. alpinus Strobl, 1893: 185 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.

Eristalis claripes Abréu, 1924: 104 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary Is.

Material examined: 1 male, Arish , 6.V.1934, leg. Shafik ; 1 female, Ismailia, 7.IV.1926, leg. Tewfik ; 1 female, Wadi Rishrash , 21.VI.1932, leg. Tewfik ; [EFC].

World distribution: Cosmopolitan, known from all regions except the Antarctic.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Ismailiya, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rishrash.

Fayoum: Fayoum City, Kom Osheem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Cairo, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Marg, Embaba, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kombira, Shubra. Sinai: El-Arish. [Sources: Efflatoun 1922, Shaumar & Kamal 1978 and the examined museum material].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: E. tenax is the most widely distributed syrphid in Egypt ( Efflatoun 1922). Adults fly up to 5m from ground, spending a considerable amount of time resting on flowers and foliage, and in the evenings can be found sunning on the foliage of bushes and shrubs ( Speight 2017). A wide range of flowers is visited by this species, including white, yellow, pink and blue blooms ( De Buck, 1990). The rat-tailed larvae filter bacteria from water polluted by decaying organic matter, such as sewage treatment ponds ( Aguilera et al. 1999).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Eristalis

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Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758

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

Eristalis claripes Abréu, 1924 : 104

Santos Abreu, E. 1924: 104
1924
Loc

Eristalis tenax var. alpinus

Strobl, P. G. 1893: 185
1893
Loc

Eristalis ventralis

Thomson, C. G. 1869: 489
1869
Loc

Eristalis columbica

Macquart, P. J. M. 1855: 108
1855
Loc

Eristalis cognatus

Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 37
1824
Loc

Eristalis sinensis

Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 37
1824
Loc

Eristalis campestris

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 387
1822
Loc

Eristalis hortorum

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 387
1822
Loc

Eristalis sylvaticus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 388
1822
Loc

Eristalis vulpinus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 388
1822
Loc

Conops vulgaris

Scopoli, J. A. 1763: 354
1763
Loc

tenax

Linnaeus, C. 1758: 591
1758
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