Spogostylum isis (Meigen, 1820)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 28-29

Spogostylum isis (Meigen, 1820)

Material: 17 specimens: Ajlun 27.V.2002 (1Ψ); Al Jubayhah 28.VI.1994 (1ɗ), 26.VIII.1990 (1ɗ); Al Husson 5.VI.1997 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); 17.VI.2002 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Amman 5.VI.1997 (2ɗ, 1Ψ); Ayn Aqraba 25.III.2002 (1Ψ); Ar Rumaymin 3.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Ar Rumman 13.V.1991 (1ɗ); Hummrit As Sahin 22.IV.2002 (1Ψ); Jarash 6.V.2002 (1Ψ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (1Ψ); Zai 12.VIII.1993 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Afrotropical: Mali. Palaearctic: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gruzia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

Immature stages of this species were recorded as predators on egg pods of Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg) (Acrididae) but the correctness of this record is in doubt ( Yeates and Greathead, 1997).