Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) nuba ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 208

Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) nuba ( Wiedemann, 1830)

Syrphus nuba Wiedemann, 1830: 136 . Type locality: Sudan (Nubia).

Syrphus interrumpens Walker, 1871: 273 . Type locality: Egypt (Cairo).

Syrphus rufinasutus Bigot, 1884: 88 . Type locality: Morocco.

Didea annandalei Brunetti, 1919: 299 . Type locality: Iran (Seistan: Nasratabad).

Syrphus novigradensis Coe, 1960: 73 . Type locality: Yugoslavia (Dalmatia [now in Croatia]).

World distribution: AF: Eastern parts of the Afrotropical Region from Eritrea and Ethiopia south to South Africa, Sudan, UAE.OR: India, Nepal. PA: Afghanistan, Armenia, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mediterranean basin (from southern France to Italy (Sicily) and parts of the former Yugoslavia, Crete, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Morocco), Mongolia, Morocco, Romania, Switzerland, Syria, Transcaucasia and south-western parts of Asia ( Uzbekistan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan) to Afghanistan and Mongolia.

Egyptian localities: Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Cairo [ Walker 1871].?Upper Nile Valley:?Nuba ( Shaumar & Kamal 1978).

Activity period in Egypt: April to September.

Remarks: This species usually flies round and over low-growing vegetation, settles on low-growing plants, and visits the yellow flowers of the Compositae ( Speight 2017) .