Meliscaeva auricollis

• Main Authors: El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Gilbert, Francis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Meliscaeva; Meliscaeva auricollis; Lindholmen; Parma; Faroes; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929763; https://zenodo.org/record/5929763

Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822) Scaeva auricollis Meigen, 1822: 318. Type locality: Germany. Syrphus iris Meigen, 1822: 320. Type locality: Germany. Syrphus modestus Meigen, 1822: 323. Type locality: Austria. Syrphus macilentus Meigen, 1838: 135. Type locality: Germany. Scaeva maculicornis Zetterstedt, 1843: 736. Type locality: Sweden. Syrphus nigritibius Rondani, 1857: 130. Type locality: Italy (Parma). Scaeva cinctipes Zetterstedt, 1859: 6000. Type locality: Sweden (Scania: Lindholmen). Syrphus fuscus Palma, 1864: 55. Type locality: Italy (Napoli: Sanseverino). Syrphus discolor Abréu, 1924: 56. Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma). Syrphus thoracicus Abréu, 1924: 42. Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma). Material examined : 1 female, Mariout, El Burg, 7.VIII.1925. leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD]. World distribution : AF: Widespread. PA: Canary Is., Egypt, Europe (Fennoscandia and the Faroes Is. south to Iberia, the Mediterranean (including Cyprus, Malta and Crete); Ireland eastwards through most of Europe into European parts of Russia; Turkey), Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Syria. Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: El-Burg, Mariout. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Shubra. [Sources: as Syrphus auricollis in Efflatoun (1922, 1925) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)]. Activity period in Egypt : August to March. Remarks : Adults fly around tree foliage, and males hover over tracks etc. at 2– 5 m. It visits an extensive list of flowers, especially white flowers of the Umbelliferae, Euphorbia, Filipendula, Hedera, Rubus, Salix, Sarothamnus and Sorbus (De Buck 1990; Speight 2017). In Egypt, the larvae have been recorded feeding on aphids attacking rose bushes (Efflatoun 1922). : Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), pp. 201-248 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on pages 209-210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643 : {"references": ["Meigen, J. W. (1822) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. 3. Schultz- Wundermann, Hamm, 416 pp.", "Meigen, J. W. (1838) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Siebenter Theil oder Supplementband. Schultz, Hamm, XII + 434 pp.", "Zetterstedt, J. W. (1843) Diptera Scandinaviae. Disposita et descripta. Vol. 2. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund], 409 pp. [pp. 441 - 894]", "Rondani, C. (1857) Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. II. Species Italicae ordinis dipterorum in genera characteribus definita, ordinatim collectae, methodo analitica distinctae, et novis vel minus cognitis descriptis. Pars prima. Oestridae: Syrpfhidae: Conopidae. A. Stocche, Parmae [= Parma], 264 pp.", "Zetterstedt, J. W. (1859) Diptera scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Vol. 13. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund], 1248 pp. [pp. 4943 - 6190]", "Palma, G. (1864) Ditteri della fauna napolitana. Annali dell'Acca-demia aspiranti Naturalisti, Series 3, 3, 37 - 66.", "Santos Abreu, E. (1924) Monografia de los Syrphidos de las Islas Canarias, Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, Series 3, 19 (1), 1 - 148.", "Shaumar, N. & Kamal, S. (1978) The Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47, 79 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1978.10295", "Efflatoun, H. C. (1922) A Monograph of Egyptian Diptera. (Part I. Fam. Syrphidae). Memoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 2, 1 - 123.", "Efflatoun H. C. (1925) Contribution to the knowledge of Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 9, 274 - 283.", "De Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor Belgie. Studiedocumenten van het K. B. I. N., Brussel, 167 pp.", "Speight, M. C. D. (2017) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Vanappelghem, C. (Eds.), Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Vol. 97. Syrph the Net Publication, Dublin, 294 pp."]}