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 Genus SPHAEROPHORIA Le Peletier & Serville Sphaerophoria Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 : 513 (as subgenus of Syrphus Fabricius, 1775 ). Type species: Musca scripta Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation of Rondani, 1845a : 458. Melithreptus Loew, 1840 : 27 . Unjustified new name for Sphaerophoria Le Peletier & Serville. Melitrophus Haliday in Walker, 1856 . New name for Melithreptus Loew, 1840 , a junior homonym (preoccupied by Vieillot in Aves). Nesosyrphus Frey, 1945 : 60 (as subgenus of Sphaerophoria Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 ). Type species: Sphaerophoria nigra Frey, 1945 , by original designation.