Myathropa florea

• Main Authors: El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Gilbert, Francis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Myathropa; Myathropa florea; Pacific; Tiensuu; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929859; https://zenodo.org/record/5929859

Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758) Musca florea Linnaeus, 1758: 591. Type locality: Sweden. Musca ablecta Harris, 1776: 41. Type locality: England. Musca atropos Schrank, 1776: 94. Type locality: Austria (Linz). Helophilus bigotii Macquart, 1850: 445. Type locality: Egypt. Helophilus nigrotarsata Schiner, 1861: 339. Type locality: Austria (Kierling). Myiathropa florea var. f lavofemorata Strobl, 1902: 481. Type locality: Balkans & Austria. Myiatropa florea var. nigrofasciata Becker, 1907: 250. Type locality: Algeria (Algiers). Eristalomyia auripila Becker, 1921: 53. Type locality: USSR (Caucasia, Stavropol). Myiatropa florea var. nigrofemorata Abréu, 1924: 115. Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma). Myiatropa florea var. pygmaea Abréu, 1924: 115. Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma). Myiatropa florea var. varifemorata Abréu, 1924: 115. Type locality: Canary Is. (La Palma). Myiatropa florea var. nigrolanata Frey, 1945: 57. Type locality: Azores Islands (Flores, Ribeira Fazenda). World distribution : PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Egypt, Europe (from Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean; from Ireland eastwards through Eurasia to the Pacific coast). Egyptian localities : Unknown. Activity period in Egypt : Unknown. Remarks : Only very old records appear to be known (Dirickx 1994), although the species clearly is distributed right across North Africa. Adults fly fast, usually at 2m upwards in height. Males circulate at speed, making a highly audible buzzing. Both sexes fly along the margins of streams, settling on stones at the water's edge, often in order to drink. Flowers visited include: White umbellifers, Convolvulus, Crataegus, Chaerophyllum, Euonymus, Hedera, Rhododendron, Rubus, Solidago, Sorbus (De Buck 1990; Speight 2017). : 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 223-224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643 : {"references": ["Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 828 pp.", "Harris, M. (1776 - 1780) An exposition of English insects, with curious observations and remarks, wherein each insect is particularly described; its parts and properties considered; the different sexes distinguished, and the natural history faithfully related. The whole illustrated with copper plates, drawn, engraved, and coloured, by the author. Printed for the Author, London, 166 + [4] pp., pls. 1 - 50.", "Schrank, F. von P. (1776) Beytrage zur Naturgeschichte. Mit sieben von dem Verfasser selbst gezeichneten, und in Kupfer gestochenen Tabellen. Gebr. Veith, Augsburg, 140 pp.", "Macquart, P. J. M. (1850) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4 e supplement. Memoirs de la Societe Royale des Sciente, de l'Agriculture et des Art, de Lille, 1849, 309 - 479.", "Schiner, I. R. (1861) Fauna Austriaca Theil I. Heft 3 / 4. Carl Gerold's Sohn, Wien, pp. 185 - 368.", "Strobl, P. G. (1902) New contribution on the dipterous fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Glasnik Zemaljskog museja u Bosni i Hercegovini, 14, 461 - 517.", "Becker, Th. (1907) Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen Fruhjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis, 1906 [part 7]. Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, Leipzig, 12, 225 - 256.", "Becker, T. (1921) Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. I. Syrphidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 10, 1 - 93.", "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.", "Frey, R. (1945) Tiergeographische Studien uber die Dipterenfauna der Azoren. I. Verzeichnis der bisher von den Azoren bekannten Dipteren. Unter Mitwirkung von H. Schmitz, Ragnar Stora und L. Tiensuu. Commentationes Biologicae, 8 (10), 1 - 114.", "Dirickx, G. H. (1994) Atlas des Dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. Studiedocumenten van het KBIN, Brussel, 75, 1 - 317.", "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."]}