Eristalinus megacephalus (Rossi 1794)

Eristalinus megacephalus is a species of hoverfly.

Description

Eristalinus megacephalus has a black abdomen and golden horizontal stripes larger in males. It has a black thorax,^[3] legs with black tips, transparent, flexible wings, a large head and golden compound eyes with pale purple spots.^[4] Being about 8–11 mm long,^[5] it is a good pollinator, and uses Batesian mimicry to look like hymenopteran bees and scare away predators.^[6] Its appearance is also similar to bee flies (family Bombyliidae).^[7] The species is listed in 2: 63 of Rossi's publication Mantissa insectorum.^[8] There are no subspecies. It is the rarest species of the genus Eristalinus, and is common but not abundant.

The species's flight period is from May to October, and is most plentiful from June to July.^[9]

Distribution

E. megacephalus can be found in most countries, including South Africa, Egypt, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, India, Java, Guam, Southern Spain, Turkey, North Africa, Iran, and coastal parts of Italy.^[10]

Gallery

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  Hoverfly on a Desi Badam

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  Fly (E. megacephalus)

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  from Kerala, India

See also

• Eristalinus quinquelineatus
• Eristalinus taeniops
• Eristalinus sepulchralis
• Eristalinus fuscicornis
• Eristalinus barclayi
• Eristalinus seychellarum
• Eristalinus aeneus

References

Media related to Eristalinus megacephalus at Wikimedia Commons

Eristalinus megacephalus es una especie de sírfido. Se distribuyen por el paleártico en la Eurasia mediterránea y en todo África.

Referencias

• de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Eristalinus megacephalus. Acceso: 7 de febrero de 2017.
• Speight, M.C.D. (2014) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), 2014. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 78, 321 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
• Ricarte, Antonio & M. Á. Marcos-García. 2017. A checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar. Zootaxa 4216(5): 401–440.

Eristalinus megacephalus est une espèce d'insectes diptères de la famille des Syrphidae, de la sous-famille des Eristalinae.

Synonymes

Selon Catalogue of Life (17 décembre 2014)^[1] :

• Eristalis fasciatus Germar, 1844 ;
• Eristalis fasciatus Meigen, 1835 ;
• Eristalis laetus Wiedemann, 1830 ;
• Eristalis obscuritarsis Meijere, 1908 ;
• Eristalis pallinevris Macquart, 1842 ;
• Eristalis quinquefasciatus Schiner, 1849 ;
• Eristalis quinquevittatus Macquart, 1849 ;
• Eristalis ridens Walker, 1849 ;
• Lathyrophthalmus ishigakiensis Shiraki, 1968.

Distribution

L'aire de répartition d'Eristalinus megacephalus comprend les pays suivants : Afrique du Sud, Égypte, Sri Lanka, Chine, Taïwan, Inde, Indonésie (Java) et Guam^[1].

Notes et références

Eristalinus megacephalus ialah spesies lalat bunga.

Eristalinus megacephalus is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de zweefvliegen (Syrphidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1794 door Rossi.

Eristalinus megacephalus là một loài ruồi trong họ Ruồi giả ong (Syrphidae). Loài này được Rossi mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1794. Eristalinus megacephalus phân bố ở vùng Châu Phi^[3][4]

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