Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Author Gilbert, Francis text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-05 4577 2 201 248 journal article 27386 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 edfb4093-4bf9-40ed-9fb4-bf492ccad12e 1175-5326 2629643 959CC8F8-E214-4A56-9343-CBCC2CBD43DD Syritta fasciata ( Wiedemann, 1830 ) Xylota fasciata Wiedemann, 1830 : 103 . Type locality: Sudan [as "Nubien"]. Syritta abyssinica Rondani, 1873 : 282 . Type locality: Eritrea (Adi-Caie). Syritta subtilis Becker, 1903 : 89 . Type locality: Egypt ( Luxor ). Material examined : 3 males , 4 females , Wadi El-Arbaein (St. katherina), 4–5.VIII.1938 , leg. H.C. E .; 1 male , 3 females , Wadi El-Lega (S. Sinai ), VI–IX.1941, leg. H.C.E. [EFC] . World distribution : AF: Aldabra, Ethiopia , Guinea-Bissau , Kenya , Namibia , South Africa , Sudan , UAE , Yemen . OR: India . PA: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Lebanon . Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: El-Dekheila, Ramleh. Eastern Desert: Ismailiya, Serapium, Suez . Gebel Elba: Kansisrob, Wadi Edeib. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Barrage, El-Gabel El-Asfar, El-Maasara, El-Marg, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Giza , Kirdassa, Kombira, Shubra. Sinai : Wadi El-Arbaein, Wadi El-Lega. Upper Nile Valley: Asswan, Luxor ( Efflatoun 1922 , Shaumar & Kamal 1978 , Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005 and the examined museum material). Activity period in Egypt : Throughout the year. Remarks : Efflatoun (1922) found this species hovering above Polygonum equisetiforme on the edge of a banana plantation at Ramleh.