Eristalis Latreille, 1804

Ebejer, Martin J. & Gatt, Paul, 2021, A checklist of the Diptera (Insecta) of the Maltese Islands, Zootaxa 5018 (1), pp. 1-75 : 28

Eristalis Latreille, 1804

arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) horticola (De Geer, 1776) similis Fallén , 18171

pascuorum Rondani, 1857 , synonym tenax (Linnaeus, 1758) Eumerus Meigen, 1832 amoenus Loew, 1848

terminalis Santos-Abreu, 1924 , synonymised by Báez & Barkemeyer (2002) argyropus Loew, 1848 barbarus (Coqueberg, 1804) basalis Loew, 1848 emarginatus Loew, 1848 etnensis Van der Goot, 1964 graecus Becker, 1907 nudus Loew, 1848 obliquus (Fabricius, 1805) pulchellus Loew, 1848 pusillus Loew, 1848 strigatus (Fallén, 1817) Helophilus Meigen, 1822 trivittatus (Fabricius, 1775) Merodon Meigen, 1803 albifrons (Meigen, 1822) 1 geniculatus Strobl, 1909 pruni (Rossi, 1790) Myathropa Rondani, 1845 florea (Linnaeus, 1758) Platynochaetus Wiedemann, 1830 rufus Macquart, 1835 setosus (Fabricius, 1794) 1 Syritta Le Peletier et Serville, 1828 flaviventris Macquart, 1842 pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758)

1. These species are listed by Rondani (1857), but these specimens or other recently-collected material have not been seen. Their past occurrence in Malta is plausible, but we consider them to be now extinct on the islands.

MUSCOMORPHA SCHIZOPHORA Acalyptratae

CARNOIDEA

CANACIDAE

Literature: Ebejer (2012b); Munari (2006); Munari & Ebejer (2001); Munari & Merz (2003).

Canacinae

Canace Haliday, 1839

salonitana Strobl, 1900

Tethininae

Tethina Haliday, 1838

albosetulosa (Strobl, 1900)

grisea (Fallén, 1823)