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 Sphaerophoria ( Sphaerophoria ) scripta ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) Musca scripta Linnaeus, 1758 : 594 . Type locality: Sweden (Svecia). Musca libatrix Scopoli, 1763 : 346. Type locality: Slovenia [as "Carniola"]. Musca invisito Harris, 1780: 83. Type locality: England (not given). Sphaerophoria strigata Staeger, 1845 : 362 . Type locality: Greenland (not given). Sphaerophoria scripta var. scutellata Portevin, 1909 : 25 . Type locality: France (Evreux). Sphaerophoria menthastri var. violacea Santos Abréu, 1924 : 71 . Type locality: Canary Is. Sphaerophoria brunettii Joseph, 1967 : 243 . Type locality: India (Srinagar in Kashmir). Material examined : 1 male , El Marg, 26.III.1921 , leg. Efflatoun; 1 female , Wadi Hoff, 14.IV.1921 (specimens published in Efflatoun (1922) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD]; 1 male , Ezbet El-Nakhl, 12.IV.1943 , leg. Shafik; 2 males , 2 females , Ein Gedeirat, 13–22.IV.1938 , leg. Shafik; 3 males , 9 females , Wadi El-Lega (S. Sinai ) VI–IX.1943, leg. Efflatoun [EFC]. World distribution : NE:?. OR: India , Kashmir, Nepal . PA: Afghanistan , Algeria , Azores, Canary Is., China , Egypt , Europe (widespread), Greenland , Madera, Mongolia , Morocco , Syria , Tunisia . Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: Nuzha. Eastern Desert: Ghoubbet El-Bous, Wadi Hoff. Fayoum: Kom Osheem. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Behaira, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Marg, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Giza , Helwan, Kirdassa, Kombiram, Pyramids, Shubra. Sinai : Gebel Moussa, Ein Gedeirat, Wadi El-Lega. Upper Nile Valley: Isna. Western Desert: Pyramids, Siwa Oasis. [Source: Efflatoun (1922) ; Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material]. Activity period in Egypt : February to November. Remarks : Adults fly low through grasses and settle on vegetation, including grass stems. An extensive list of flowers is recorded for visits by this species in Europe, especially white Umbelliferae , Achillea, Cirsium, Crataegus, Erigeron , Euphorbia, Leontodon , and Origanum ( De Buck 1990 ; Speight 2017 ).