Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776) Material examined. *GRACIOSA: 1J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0251°N, 27.9726°W, 3 m a.s.l., 28.x.2022, not collected, observed by Carlos Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140262679; 1♀, Luz, 39.0167°N, 27.9929°W, 28 m a.s.l., 31.x.2022, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140657492; 1 J, Trás dos Pomares, 39.0402°N, 27.9952°W, 140 m a.s.l., 8.iv.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/153995611; 1 J, Terra do Conde, 39.0705°N, 28.0538°W, 48 m a.s.l., 4.vi.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https:// www.inaturalist.org/observations/165490247; 1 J, Trás dos Pomares, 39.0404°N, 28.0053°W, 275 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2023, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222087065; 4 spec. (unknown sex), Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0310°N, 27.9747°W, 245 m a.s.l., 6.viii.2023, not collected, observed by F. de Meijer and G. Keijl, https://observation.org/observation/284964408/; 1 J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0254°N, 27.9717°W, 3 m a.s.l., 1.iv.2024, not collected, observed by C. Picanço, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204947004; 2♀♀, near Limeira, 39.0284°N, 28.0168°W, 79 m a.s.l., 12.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002625, SB.002626, SBAN; 1 ♀, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0278°N, 27.9742°W, 172 m a.s.l., 12.ix.2024, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN; 1 J, Caldeira da Graciosa, 39.0258°N, 27.9638°W, 300 m a.s.l., 13.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002636, SBAN. SẪO MIGUEL: 2 ♀♀, along M1038, 37.7913°N, 25.1777°W, 758 m a.s.l., 9.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002559, SB.002560, SBAN; 1 ♀, same data as for preceding, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN; 1 J, Pilar, 37.8987°N, 25.7891°W, 185 m a.s.l., 10.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002566, SBAN; 3 ♀♀, near Lagoa das Achades, 37.8135°N, 25.7332°W, 569 m a.s.l., 11.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002581–SB.002583, SBAN. TERCEIRA: 1 ♀, Reserva Florestal Natural Parcial do Biscoito da Ferraria, 38.7547°N, 27.2027°W, 584 m a.s.l. 14.ix.2024, leg. S. Bot, SB.002649, SBAN; 1 ♀, same data as for preceding, leg. L. Hofstee, LHHN. Distribution. Throughout Europe, large part of Africa, from the Urals to the Pacific coast, Japan, China and Taiwan (SPEIGHT 2024).

Published as part of Bot, Sander, Hofstee, Lenze & Mengual, Ximo, 2025, Updated checklist of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Azores archipelago with taxonomic notes and the description of a new species, Eristalis azorensis sp. nov., pp. 215-232 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2025.017, http://zenodo.org/record/20264155