Scaeva (Scaeva) albmaculata (Macquart 1842)

Syrphus albomaculatus Macquart, 1842: 146 (86). Type locality: Egypt (Mont Sinai) and Algeria (Alger).

Syrphus seleniticus Macquart, 1842: 304 . Type locality: Germany.

Lasiophticus gemellarii Rondani, 1846: 157. Type locality: Italy (Sicily: ad montem Aetnam [= Etna]).

Lasiopticus albomaculatus var. sulphureus Sack in Visser, et al., 1935: 401. Type locality: China (Karakorum Mts.). Olbiosyrphus scufinus Dzhafarova, 1974: 42 . Type locality: Azerbaijan (Agdzhabedi district).

Material examined: 2 females, Wadi El-Natroun, 15.VIII.1994, leg. El-Hawagry ; 1 male & 4 females, Fayoum, 17.IV.1924, leg. Efflatoun ; 1 female, Fayoum, El Athar, 15.III.1947, leg. Sh. & Roman ; 1 female, Helwan, 1.IV.1938, leg. Farag ; 1 male, Mariout, 2.V.1921, leg. Efflatoun ; 1 female, Ogret El-Sheikh, 21.II.1927, leg. Farag [EFC].

World distribution: AF: Cape Verde Is., Yemen. OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madeira, Mongolia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez Road, Wadies south east of Cairo. Fayoum: El athar, Fayoum City, Tamiya. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Cairo, El-Marg, El- Menofiya, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Helwan, Kirdassa, Khusous, Maadi, Quisna. Sinai: Ein Gedeirat, Mount Sinai, Wadi El-Arbaein, Wadi El-Rabba, Wadi Garagneyia. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Wadi El-Natroun. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978), the examined museum material and the examined material collected by the first author].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: Efflatoun (1922) caught adults of S. albomaculata hovering over and around Iphiona mucronata and Zygophyllum coccineum in Wadi Hoff, at and even after sunset.