Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794 )
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Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794 ) |
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Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794) View in CoL
Syrphus megacephalus Rossi, 1794: 63 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy (Toscana [as "Etruria"]).
Eristalis laetus Wiedemann, 1830: 192 View in CoL . Type locality: China.
Eristalis fasciatus Meigen, 1835: 70 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (Bavaria: Munchen region).
Eristalis fasciatus Meigen, 1838: 143 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (Bavaria).
Eristalis pallinevris Macquart, 1842: 106 View in CoL . Type locality: India.
Eristalis fasciatus Germar, 1844 View in CoL : pl 23. Type locality: Turkey & southern Europe.
Eristalis quinquevittatus Macquart, 1849: 465 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria.
Eristalis quinquefasciatus Schiner, 1849: 364 View in CoL . Nomen nudum [ South Africa].
Eristalis ridens Walker, 1849: 610 View in CoL . Type locality: Albania.
Eristalis obscuritarsis Meijere, 1908: 250 View in CoL . Type locality: Indonesia (Java: Semarang); Malaya; Singapore; India. Lathyrophthalmus ishigakiensis Shiraki, 1968: 177 View in CoL . Type locality: Japan (Ryukyu Is., Ishigaki Is.).
Material examined: 1 male, Wadi Digla , 1.II.1926, leg. Farag ; 1 male, 1 female, Helwan , 2.XII.1934, leg. Shafik [EFC]; 1 male, Wadi El-Natroun , 8.VI.2017, leg. El-Hawagry [in personal collection of El-Hawagry].
World distribution: AF: Cape Verde Is., Madagascar, South Africa, UAE, Yemen. AU: Guam. OR: India, Indonesia (Java), Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Egypt, Europe (southern Spain and coastal parts of Italy round the Mediterranean basin (including islands, e.g. Corsica, Malta, Sicily, Crete) to Turkey), Iran, Taiwan.
Egyptian localities: Widespread in Egypt [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978), the examined museum material and the examined material collected by the first author].
Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.
Remarks: E. megacephalus is fairly common in Egypt, especially in the two autumn months September and October ( Efflatoun 1922). It is a fast-flying species around tall waterside vegetation, and usually visits flowers of the genus Solidago ( Speight 2017). The rat-tailed larvae filter bacteria from polluted water ( Mahmoud et al. 1999). Many authors have recorded it under the name quinquelineatus Fabricius.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) megacephalus ( Rossi, 1794 )
| El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019 |
Eristalis obscuritarsis
| Shiraki, T. 1968: 177 |
Eristalis quinquevittatus
| Macquart, P. J. M. 1849: 465 |
Eristalis ridens
| Walker, F. 1849: 610 |
Eristalis pallinevris
| Macquart, P. J. M. 1842: 106 |
Eristalis fasciatus
| Meigen, J. W. 1838: 143 |
Eristalis fasciatus
| Meigen, J. W. 1835: 70 |
Eristalis laetus
| Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830: 192 |
Syrphus megacephalus
| Rossi, P. 1794: 63 |