Myathropa florea

• 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; Myathropa; Myathropa florea; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929859; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878CFF898B3F8585D8C2FB9333D7

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