Eristalis (Eoseristalis) cerealis Fabricius, 1805

Dyola, Urmila, Pandey, Anjeela, Sheikh, Taslima, Subedi, Pradip & Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, 2024, An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae), Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3), pp. 485-533 : 496

Eristalis (Eoseristalis) cerealis Fabricius, 1805

Eristalis cerealis Fabricius, 1805:232 . Type locality: India.

Distribution in Nepal . Oriental and Palaearctic – NEPAL . Kathmandu District: Manichud at 1,800 – 2,300 m; Nagarjun, 1,400 –2,100 m; Shivapuri, 1,700 –2,300 m; Sundarijal, 1,500 –2,000 m; Nuwakot, Gurjebhanjyang, 1,600 –2,000 m; Taplejung District: Sanghu at Tumlingtar plateau at 609m, Sankhuwasabha District: Chichila Arun valley; Lalitpur District: Godawari Botanical Garden at 1,400m, Phulchoki at 2,300 –2,500 m and Hotel Norrbu Linka at 1,350m, Kathmandu District: Thamel, Kritipur, Tribubvan at 1,400m; Kaski District: Ulleri at 2,070 – 1,800 m and Pokhara at 900m, Myagdi: Ghodepani at 2,855m and Sikha at 2,850 – 1,920 m; Dolpa District: Kaigaon to Rimi at 2,800 –3,100 m, Jumla District at 2,400m and Uthu at 2,500m ( Brunetti, 1908; Coe, 1964; Lambeck & Kiauta, 1973; Kapoor et al., 1979; Thapa, 2015; Ghorpadé, 2014, 2015a; Budhathoki et al., 2021; Dyola et al., 2023).

Zoogeographical distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic – CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN ( Ghorpadé & Shehzad, 2013; Shehzad et al., 2017; Hassan et al., 2018a; Yang et al., 2020).