Ceriana vespiformis ( Latreille, 1804 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929804 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF90-8B27-8585-DCABFE4135C1 |
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Ceriana vespiformis ( Latreille, 1804) View in CoL
Ceria vespiformis Latreille, 1804: 194 View in CoL . Type locality: Barbaria (Nw. Africa) & Italy.
Ceria scutellata Macquart, 1842: 70 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria.
Ceria intricata Saunders, 1845: 64 View in CoL . Type locality: Albania.
Material examined: 1 female, 14.IV.1924, leg. Efflatoun; 2 males, 2 females, I.1919, leg. Efflatoun [ESEC].
World distribution: PA: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.
Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Mex. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Biala, Gezeireh. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922, 1925) and the examined museum material borrowed from ESEC].
Activity period in Egypt: May to August.
Remarks: Efflatoun (1925) bred this species from larvae found in the flowing sap of a diseased white mulberry ( Morus alba ) at Gezeireh. The adult flies fast through more open areas of Mediterranean scrub vegetation at up to 1 m from the ground, emitting a very audible, high-pitched whine; it settles on vegetation or on the bare ground surface ( Speight 2017).
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Ceriana vespiformis ( Latreille, 1804 )
El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Ceria intricata
Saunders, W. W. 1845: 64 |
Ceria scutellata
Macquart, P. J. M. 1842: 70 |
Ceria vespiformis
Latreille, P. A. 1804: 194 |