Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dousti, Abu Fazel, 2023, An updated checklist of Syrphidae (Diptera, Brachycera) from Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (2), pp. 207-264 : 217

Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution in Iran: Iran ( Modarres Awal, 1994), East Azerbaijan ( Khiaban et al., 1998; Pashaei Rad et al., 2002; Shakeryari, 2012; Vosughian, 2013; Arbabi, 2017), Fars ( Alichi et al., 2000), Khuzestan ( Dousti, 1999; Dousti et al., 2000), Isfahan ( Pourghasem, 2001), Hamadan ( Gilasian & Gharali, 2002), Golestan ( Goldasteh et al., 2002; Davaji, 2018), Guilan ( Motamedinia et al., 2002; Bagheri, 2007), Khorasan-e Razavi ( Sadeghi et al., 2002; Amirimoghadam et al., 2004; Hosseini & Sadeghi, 2008; Shojaei Hesari & Pashaei Rad, 2015), Mazandaran ( Gilasian & Vujić, 2004; Babaei, 2018), Sistan & Baluchistan ( Golmohammadi & Khiaban, 2004), Semnan ( Mehrabi et al., 2006; Mehrabi & Ssymank, 2008), Ilam ( Jalilian et al., 2010; Bedoreh et al., 2010; Bedoreh & Ansari pour, 2012), Tehran ( Ahmadian & Pashaei Rad, 2010b, 2011), West Azerbaijan (Ashrafi, 2010; Mohammadzadeh, 2017), Zanjan ( Naderloo, 2010), Lorestan ( Bahirai, 2011), Alborz ( Hezarkhani, 2013; Shahir, 2021), Kerman ( Khosravian, 2014; Alitavakoli, 2015), Kurdistan ( Hoseini et al., 2014).

General distribution: Almost cosmopolitan, known from all regions except Antarctica.