Melanostoma mellinum
Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) Musca mellinum Linnaeus, 1758: 594. Type locality: Sweden (Svecia). Musca facultas Harris, 1780: 109. Type locality: England. Syrphus concolor Walker, 1851: 296. Type locality: England. World distribution : NE: North America from Alaska to Quebec and south to Wa...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929717 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878CFF9C8B2B8585DB86FDBF36EE |
| Summary: | Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) Musca mellinum Linnaeus, 1758: 594. Type locality: Sweden (Svecia). Musca facultas Harris, 1780: 109. Type locality: England. Syrphus concolor Walker, 1851: 296. Type locality: England. World distribution : NE: North America from Alaska to Quebec and south to Washington. PA: Afghanistan, Canary Is.,? Egypt, Europe (from Iceland and Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean), Iran, Israel, Japan, Madeira, Mongolia, North Africa, Russia. Egyptian localities : Unknown. Activity period in Egypt : Unknown. Remarks : This is an old record from Egypt by Dirickx (1994), but no such record was listed by Peck (1988) and we are unaware of any such record. On the other hand, the species has been recorded from every other North African country including Libya. 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 page 204, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643 |
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