Sphaerophoria loewi Zetterstedt 1843

Sphaerophoria loewi Zetterstedt, 1843 Schiner (1862) published records from Lower Austria (Vöslau) under its synonym Melithreptus formosus Egger, 1859. He stated that Johann Georg Egger had observed this species specifically on Butomus umbellatus (L.). Franz (1989) published records from Lower Austr...

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Main Authors: Heimburg, Helge, Doczkal, Dieter, Holzinger, Werner E.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6354575
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6354575
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Summary:Sphaerophoria loewi Zetterstedt, 1843 Schiner (1862) published records from Lower Austria (Vöslau) under its synonym Melithreptus formosus Egger, 1859. He stated that Johann Georg Egger had observed this species specifically on Butomus umbellatus (L.). Franz (1989) published records from Lower Austria and Upper Austria. We have not seen any recently collected specimen. Published as part of Heimburg, Helge, Doczkal, Dieter & Holzinger, Werner E., 2022, A checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Austria, pp. 151-209 in Zootaxa 5115 (2) on page 173, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6352373