Eupeodes ( Metasyrphus ) corollae ( Fabricius, 1794 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 207-208

Eupeodes ( Metasyrphus) corollae ( Fabricius, 1794)

Syrphus corollae Fabricius, 1794: 306 . Type locality: Germany (Kilia [= Kiel]).

Musca vorax Geoffroy, 1785: 486. Type locality: France (Paris).

Musca pyrorum Schrank, 1803: 114. Type locality: Germany ( Baiern [= Bavaria]).

Scaeva olitoria Fallén, 1817: 43 . Type locality: Sweden (Svecia).

Syrphus lacerus Meigen, 1822: 301 . Type locality: Austria.

Syrphus crenatus Macquart, 1829: 243 . Type locality: France.

Syrphus flaviventris Macquart, 1829: 240 . Type locality: France.

Syrphus fulvifrons Macquart, 1829: 240 . Type locality: France.

Syrphus nigrifemoratus Macquart, 1829: 241 . France.

Syrphus terminalis Wiedemann, 1830: 135 . Type locality: Egypt.

Scaeva annularis Curtis, 1837: 252 . England. Nomen Nudum.

Scaeva octomaculata Curtis, 1837: 219 . Type locality: England.

Syrphus disjunctus Macquart, 1842: 148 . Type locality: Algeria.

Syrphus algirus Macquart, 1849: 469 . Type locality: Algeria.

Syrphus corolloides Macquart, 1850: 460 . Type locality: Unknown.

Syrphus dentatus Walker, 1852: 229 . Type locality: South Africa.

Syrphus cognatus Loew, 1858: 378 . Type locality: South Africa ( Eastern Cape [as "Caffraria"]).

Syrphus berber Bigot, 1884: 87 . Type locality: Morocco.

Metasyrphus candidus Matsumura, 1918: 17 . Japan ( Hokkaido).

Metasyrphus libyensis Nayar, 1978: 539 . Libya ( Benghazi).

Material examined: 4 males & 6 females, St. Catherine , 28.VIII.1996 (El-Hawagry) on Mentha ; 2 females, Wadi Digla , 2.V.1999 (El-Hawagry) on Echinops ; 1 male, 3 females, Zaranik , 4.IV.2001 (El-Hawagry) [in personal collection of El-Hawagry] .

World distribution: AF: Mauritius, South Africa. OR: India, Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Canary Is., China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Madeira, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.

Egyptian localities: A very common species, distributed in all Egyptian ecological zones [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined material collected by the first author].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: E. corollae is one of the commonest of the Egyptian Syrphids ( Efflatoun 1922). It prefers grassland, dune systems and dry river beds. It is largely anthropophilic, occurring in most sorts of farmland (including arable crops), suburban gardens, orchards and parks. It settles on low-growing vegetation, and visits the margins of streams, ponds and pools to drink in hot weather. In Europe, it has been recorded on an extensive list of flowers, especially the Umbelliferae ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017).