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 Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848 Eumerus amoenus Loew, 1848a : 132 . Type locality: Italy , Greece , Sicily. Material examined : 1 female , Kom Oshem , 25.III.2001 , leg. El-Hawagry [in personal collection of El-Hawagry ] ; 1 female , Tisfa , 31.VIII.1929 , leg. H.C.E. & M.T. , specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978) ; 1 male , Burg , 7.II.1927 , leg. H.C. E & M.T .; 1 female , Helwan , 12.X.1935 , leg. Farag ; Ismailia , 20.XI.1926 , leg. Tewfik [EFC] ; 2 males , 1 female , Mariout , El-Burg , 7.III.1925 , leg. Efflatoun , specimens published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978) [PPDD] . World distribution : PA: Algeria , Arabian Peninsula, Armenia , Azerbaijan , Azores, Canary Is., Egypt , France , Georgia , Greece , Italy , Mongolia , Morocco , Spain , Russia , Switzerland , Tajikistan , Turkey , former Yugoslavia . Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: Abu-Mina, El-Burg, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez , Wadi Ibtadi. Fayoum: Kom Oshem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Boulaq El-Dakrour, Cairo , El-Katta, El-Mansouriya, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim, Kirdassa, Kombira, Maadi, Qubba, Shubra, Tisfa. Upper Nile Valley: Komombo. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922) , Shaumar & Kamal (1978) , the examined museum material and the examined material collected by the first author]. Activity period in Egypt : Throughout the year. Remarks : E. amoenus is often bred fromonion, Allium cepa L. ( Shaumar & Kamal 1978 ), where it is regarded as a pest ( Gendy 1978 ). Efflatoun (1922) stated that E. amoenus is the commonest species of the genus in Egypt , and may be found from October to June throughout the Nile Valley from the Mediterranean coast to Upper Egypt and in Fayoum. This species flies among low-growing vegetation at up to 1m from the ground, often in partiallyshaded conditions. It uses short vegetation on the ground rather than bare soil or stones to settle on ( Speight 2017 ).