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Issue: Vol. 5802 No. 1: 1 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.1
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An annotated checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Algeria

Department of Living Beings; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.; Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Renewable Energy; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.
Department of Natural and Life Sciences; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.; Laboratory of Water and Environment; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.
Department of Living Beings; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.; Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Applications; Faculty of Exact Sciences and Natural and Life Sciences; Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University; 12002; Tebessa; Algeria.
Research Institute CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad); Science Park; University of Alicante; Ctra. San Vicente del Raspeig s/n; 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig; Spain.
Laboratoire de Recherche et de Conservation des Zones Humides; University 08 mai 1945; Guelma; Algeria.; Department of Biology; University Badji Mokhtar; Annaba; Algeria.; Algerian Academy of Sciences and Technologies; Algiers; Algeria.
Diptera Hoverflies Mesembrius peregrinus North Africa catalogue

Abstract

Algeria, situated in the southern Mediterranean Basin, is the largest country in Africa and spans a wide gradient of climates and habitats, ranging from Mediterranean coastal plains and mountain ranges to high steppe plateaux, sandy formations, and Saharan plateaux. This marked environmental heterogeneity provides suitable conditions for hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) across a wide spectrum of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Despite this diversity, the hoverfly fauna of Algeria remains poorly known. Here, we update the current knowledge of Algerian Syrphidae by compiling all published records and adding new data obtained from recent fieldwork in northeastern Algeria. A preliminary checklist of 128 species in 43 genera is presented. Among these, Mesembrius peregrinus (Loew) is recorded for the first time from Algeria. The updated checklist includes taxa with diverse larval ecologies, including saproxylic species associated with forested habitats such as Brachypalpus valgus (Panzer) and Spilomyia maroccana Kuznetzov, phytophagous species such as Merodon calcaratus (Fabricius) and Eumerus etnensis van der Goot, predatory species such as Eupeodes nuba (Wiedemann) and Paragus vandergooti Marcos García, and saprophagous aquatic species such as Eristalinus taeniops (Wiedemann) and Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus). Given the size of Algeria and the breadth of habitats available to Syrphidae, the number of recorded species is expected to increase with further targeted surveys, particularly in poorly explored regions of the country.

 

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Djellab, S., Mebarkia, N., Mehalaine, K., Ricarte, A. & Samraoui, B. (2026) An annotated checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Algeria. Zootaxa, 5802 (1), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.1