Bombylius (Bombylius) canescens Mikan, 1796

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 15-16

Bombylius (Bombylius) canescens Mikan, 1796

Material: 24 specimens: Al Jubayhah 23.II.1995 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); 19.III.1994 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); 22.III.1995 (1ɗ); Al Mashari’a 1.III.1983 (1ɗ); Al Mukhaybah al Fawqa 9.III.2002 (8Ψ, 4ɗ); Ayn Aqraba 25.III.2002 (2Ψ, 1ɗ); As Salt 5.III.1974 (1Ψ); Dayr Alla 5. IV.1998 (1Ψ); Jarash 15.IV.2002 (1Ψ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia­Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

Bombylius canescens appears to be common during spring season when many specimens were collected in March. This species has been reared from nests of Odynerus reniformis (Gmelin) (Eumenidae) , also several species of Halictidae (du Merle, 1975).