Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)

Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca nigra Forskal, 1775 | Sphaerophoria annulipes Macquart, 1842 | Sphaerophoria borbonica Bigot, 1884 | Syrphus brachypterus Thomson, 1869 | Syrphus felix Walker, 1852 | Syrphus longicornis Macquart, 1842 | Syrphus natalensis Macquart, 1846 | Syrphus senegalensis Guérin-Méneville, 1832 | Xanthogramma catalonicum Andreu, 1926 |

  • Ischiodon aegyptius, female 596
    Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)     
    Ischiodon aegyptius, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2005-03-07 18:20:02
    Image number: 596
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2005-03-07 18:20:02
  • Ischiodon aegyptius, female 654
    Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)     
    Ischiodon aegyptius, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2005-03-07 18:19:34
    Image number: 654
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2005-03-07 18:19:34
  • Ischiodon aegyptius, female 2846
    Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)     
    Ischiodon aegyptius, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2010-03-04 09:43:21
    Image number: 2846
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2010-03-04 09:43:21
  • Ischiodon aegyptius, male 1198
    Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)     
    Ischiodon aegyptius, male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2005-03-06 16:47:18
    Image number: 1198
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2005-03-06 16:47:18
  • Ischiodon aegyptius, male 588
    Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)     
    Ischiodon aegyptius, male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2004-03-05 11:16:18
    Image number: 588
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2004-03-05 11:16:18

Classification:
Ischiodon aegyptius belongs to the subfamily Syrphinae, tribe Syrphini.
Distribution:
Throughout the Afrotropical region and into North Africa to the coast of the Mediterranean and Yemen; southern Spain, southern Italy, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries.
Habitat:
Open thinly-vegetated dry ground with shrubs, open areas in woodland.
Description:
Biology:
The species flies in North Africa and the Canary Islands all year round. The female shown here has visited the yellow flowers of Reseda lancerotae.
The larvae live predatory and feed mainly on aphids and trips.
Annotation:
Simosyrphus aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830) = Ischiodon aegyptius (Wiedemann, 1830)

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. M.C.D.Speight: Species Accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow 2011, Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 65, 285 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
  3. Speight, M.C.D. & Sarthou, J.-P. (2014) StN keys for the identification of the European species of various genera of Syrphidae (Diptera) 2014 / Clés StN pour la détermination des espèces Européennes de plusieurs genres des Syrphidae (Diptères) 2014. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, Vol. 80, 125 pp, Syrph the Net publications, Dublin
  4. Láska P., Pérez-Bañón C., Mazánek L., Rojo S., Ståhls G., Marcoz-García M. A., Bičík V. & Dušek J.: Taxonomy of the genera Scaeva, Simosyrphus and Ischiodon (Diptera: Syrphidae): Descriptions of immature stages and status of taxa, Eur. J. Entomol. 103: 637–655, 2006, ISSN 1210-5759