Paragus (Serratoparagus) azureus Hull, 1949 (ssp. scrupeus Stuckenberg, 1954a: 406)

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Paragus azureus Hull, 1949: 729

Paragus (Paragus) azurea Stuckenberg, 1954b: 406 . (Misspelling).

Examined specimens. 1♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen Farm, 28.i.1983, K.Guichard (KSMA) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded for Saudi Arabia by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993). It was described from Socotra and is further recorded from Aden, Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) and Mozambique and Turkey (as P. azureus ssp. scrupens Stuckenberg), UAE and eastern parts of the Afrotropical region (Smith & Vockeroth 1980; Peck 1988; Dirickx 1994; Whittington 2003; Speight 2020; Smit et al. 2017).

Remarks. This species was described as, Paragus azureus Hull, 1949 . Stuckenberg (1954a) established the subgenus Pandasyopthalmu s in addition to the subgenus Paragus Latreille. Smith & Vockeroth (1980) listed it under P. (Paragus) azureus . After Vujić et al. (2008) established the two subgenera Serratoparagus and Afroparagus, P. (Paragus) azureus was therefore put under P. (Serratoparagus) azureus .