A CHECKLIST OF THE HOVER FLIES (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) OF IRAQ Author Al-Farhani, H. Author Sadeghi-Namaghi, H. Author Gilbert, F. Author Tot, T. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2024 2024-07-31 503 23 28 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.503.4 journal article 10.25221/fee.503.4 2713-2196 13260725 C1964979-84BC-4DA6-8F04-34300AF084F4 Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq : wheat fields, Wasit , 7.IV 2023 , 2♂ , 2♀ ; wheat fields, Al-Qadisiyah (Farhaneh), 14.III 2023 , 3♂ , 2♀ ; barely fields, Dhi-Qar , 8.V 2023 , 3♀ , 1♂ . REMARK. Khalaf (1957) reported this species as Tubifera aenea from Sa’dia; Abdul- Rasoul (1976) as Tubifera aenea from Iraq ; Atta et al . (2019) as Eristalis aeneus from Basra ; Alkhafaji et al . (2022) as Eristalis aeneus from Abu-Ghoraib.