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 Ceriana vespiformis ( Latreille, 1804 ) Ceria vespiformis Latreille, 1804 : 194 . Type locality: Barbaria (Nw. Africa) & Italy . Ceria scutellata Macquart, 1842 : 70 . Type locality: Algeria . Ceria intricata Saunders, 1845 : 64 . Type locality: Albania . Material examined : 1 female , 14.IV.1924 , leg. Efflatoun; 2 males , 2 females , I.1919 , leg. Efflatoun [ESEC]. World distribution : PA: Albania , Algeria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Egypt , France , Germany , Greece , Israel , Italy , Malta , Montenegro , Morocco , Netherlands , Portugal , Serbia , Spain , Tunisia , Turkey . Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: Mex. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Biala, Gezeireh. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922 , 1925 ) and the examined museum material borrowed from ESEC]. Activity period in Egypt : May to August. Remarks : Efflatoun (1925) bred this species from larvae found in the flowing sap of a diseased white mulberry ( Morus alba ) at Gezeireh. The adult flies fast through more open areas of Mediterranean scrub vegetation at up to 1 m from the ground, emitting a very audible, high-pitched whine; it settles on vegetation or on the bare ground surface ( Speight 2017 ).