Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) aeneus ( Scopoli 1763 )
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Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) aeneus ( Scopoli 1763) View in CoL
Conops aeneus Scopoli, 1763: 356 View in CoL . Type locality: Slovenia (Idrija [as "circa Idriam"]).
Musca punctata Müller, 1764: 85. Type locality: Denmark (Sjaelland).
Musca leucocephala Gmelin, 1790: 2878. Type locality: Europe .
Musca ochroleuca Gmelin, 1790: 2878. Type locality: Europe .
Musca macrophthalma Preyssler, 1791: 68. Type locality: Bohemia.
Syrphus aeneus Fabricius, 1794: 302 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany.
Eristalis cuprovittatus Wiedemann, 1830: 190 View in CoL . Type locality: North America.
Eristalis taphicus Wiedemann, 1830: 191 View in CoL . Type locality: Egypt.
Conops stygius Newman, 1835: 313 View in CoL . Type locality: England.
Eristalis sincerus Harris, 1841: 409 View in CoL . Type locality: USA (Massachusetts).
Eristalis aenescens Macquart, 1842: 119 View in CoL . Type locality: Unknown.
Eristalis sincerus Walker, 1849: 611 View in CoL . Type locality: USA.
Eristalomyia auricalcica Rondani, 1865: 129 . Type locality: Italy (Abruzzi [as "Aprutio"]).
Eristalis concolor Philippi, 1865: 743 View in CoL . Type locality: Chile (Valparaiso).
Lathyrophthalmus nigrolineatus Hervé-Bazin, 1923: 134 View in CoL (as var. of Lathyrophthalmus aeneus ). Type locality: Pakistan (Karachi: Maindron).
Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, Wadi Sayyal, 19.XI.1926, leg. Farag; 1 female, Abu Rawash, 15.1.1927, leg. R.M. (all published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)); Wadi El-Maskhara, 21.II.1927, leg. Farag; 1 male, Wadi Handal, 10.I.1927, leg. Farag [EFC].
World distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Dekheila. Eastern Desert: Hurgada, Ismailia, Wadi El-Maskhara, Wadi Handal, Wadi Sayial. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Gemmeiza, El-Marg, Gezeireh, Helwan, Kirdassa, Kombira, Pyramids. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material].
Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.
Remarks: E. aeneus is extremely common in Upper as well as Lower Egypt ( Efflatoun 1922). It is a distinctly
anthropophilic species, preferring coastal lagoons, ponds, slow-moving rivers, streams and irrigation ditches. Adults fly very fast and low over ground-level vegetation, settling on bare ground and rocks, as well as on vegetation. They visit yellow composites and white umbellifers ( De Buck 1990). The rat-tailed larvae filter bacteria from polluted water, particularly brackish water.
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Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) aeneus ( Scopoli 1763 )
El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Lathyrophthalmus nigrolineatus Hervé-Bazin, 1923 : 134
Herve-Bazin, J. 1923: 134 |
Eristalomyia auricalcica
Rondani, C. 1865: 129 |
Eristalis concolor
Philippi, P. I. 1865: 743 |
Eristalis sincerus
Walker, F. 1849: 611 |
Eristalis aenescens
Macquart, P. J. M. 1842: 119 |
Eristalis sincerus
Harris, T. W. 1841: 409 |
Conops stygius
Newman, E. 1835: 313 |
Eristalis cuprovittatus
Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830: 190 |
Eristalis taphicus
Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830: 191 |
Syrphus aeneus
Fabricius, J. C. 1794: 302 |
Conops aeneus
Scopoli, J. A. 1763: 356 |