Meliscaeva auricollis

• Main Authors: El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Gilbert, Francis
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Meliscaeva; Meliscaeva auricollis; Faroes; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929763; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878CFF978B218585DB7DFE573067

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