Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)

Syrphus aegyptius Wiedemann, 1830: 133 . Type locality: Egypt & Sudan (Nubia).

Musca nigra Forskål, 1775: xxiv. Egypt, Arabia.

Syrphus senegalensis Guérin-Méneville, 1832: pl. 99. Type locality: Senegal.

Sphaerophoria annulipes (Macquart, 1842): 163. Type locality: " Egypt " .

Syrphus longicornis Macquart, 1842: 154 . Type locality: South Africa.

Syrphus natalensis Macquart, 1846: 262 . Type locality: South Africa (Port Natal).

Syrphus felix Walker, 1852: 229 . Type locality: Canary Is.

Sphaerophoria pyrrura Bigot, 1884: 99 . Type locality: Senegal.

Sphaerophoria borbonica Bigot, 1884: 100 . Type locality: Réunion.

Syrphus brachypterus (Thomson, 1869): 496. Type locality: Portugal (Madeira) .

Material examined: 2 females, Kirdassa, 3.IV.2002, leg. El-Hawagry ; 1 male, 2 females, Gabel Elba, 15.II– 31.IV.1923, leg. Tewfik , the same specimen that was published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978); 1 male, Ezbet El- Nakhl, 3.IV.1925, leg. Tewfik ; 1 male Ghoubbet El-Boos, VIII. 1929 , leg. H.C.E. & M.T.; 1 male, Helwan, 12.IX.1925, leg. Farag ; 1 female, Wadi Um Elek, 15.10.1928, leg. Farag [EFC].

World distribution: AF: Widespread. PA: Balearic Is. Canary Is., Egypt, Iran, Madeira, S. Spain, Syria, Italy.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Cleopatra, El-Dekheila, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Fayed, Ismailiya, Suez Road, Wadies south east of Cairo. Gebel Elba: Wadi Edeib. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu- Rawash, Behaira, Beni Sueif, Cairo, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Gezeirah, Giza, Helwan, Itai El-Baroud, Khanka, Kirdassa, Kombira, El-Mansouriya, Magadla, Pyramids, Shubra, Tisfa, Turah. Sinai: El-Arish, Rafah, Wadi El- Arbaein, Wadi El-Rabba. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Siwa Oasis. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined material collected by the first author].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: Adults fly low through sparse ground vegetation and settle on flowers of low-growing herbs (Speight 2017).