Scaeva (Scaeva) pyrastri ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929775 |
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Scaeva (Scaeva) pyrastri ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) |
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Scaeva (Scaeva) pyrastri ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
Musca pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758: 594 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Svecia).
Musca rosae De Geer, 1776: 108. Unjustified new name for Musca pyrastri Linnaeus. View in CoL
Musca mellina Harris, 1780: 30. Type locality: England.
Scaeva corrusca Gravenhorst, 1807: 375 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (not given).
Scaeva affinis Say, 1823: 93 View in CoL . Type locality: USA (Arkansas).
Scaeva unicolor Curtis, 1834: 509 View in CoL . Type locality: Great Britain ( England: the neighborhood of London).
Syrphus pyrastri var. flavoscutellatus Girschner, 1884: 197 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (Thüringen).
World distribution: NE: Canada, USA. OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Madeira, Mongolia.
Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Wadi Rishrash [ Shaumar & Kamal (1978)].
Activity period in Egypt: March.
Remarks: This is a highly mobile species, usually exploiting concentrations of aphids wherever it finds them. Adults are fast fliers, usually within 3m of the ground; they are frequently encountered flying around bushes and shrubs in a slow and purposeful manner, only to speed away after 30 seconds or so. It is to a significant extent anthropophilic, occurring in arable crops, hedgerows, orchards, gardens and conifer plantations. In Europe, it has been recorded visiting an extensive list of flowers, especially the Umbelliferae ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017). In Egypt the larvae were seen feeding ravenously on aphids ( Efflatoun 1922).
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Scaeva (Scaeva) pyrastri ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Syrphus pyrastri var. flavoscutellatus
Girschner, E. 1884: 197 |
Scaeva unicolor
Curtis, J. 1834: 509 |
Scaeva affinis
Say, T. 1823: 93 |
Scaeva corrusca
Gravenhorst, J. L. C. 1807: 375 |
pyrastri
Linnaeus, C. 1758: 594 |