Thyridanthrax perspicillaris

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 38

Thyridanthrax perspicillaris ssp. perspicillaris (Loew, 1869)

Material: 24 specimens: Al Jubayhah 11.V.1994 (1Ψ), 22.V.1992 (1Ψ), 19.VII.1993 (1ɗ), 31.VII.1990 (1ɗ), 6.VIII.1990 (1Ψ), 16.IX.1990 (2ɗ), 17.IX.1990 (1ɗ), 18.IX.1990 (1ɗ), 23.IX.1990 (1ɗ), 24.IX.1990 (1Ψ, 1ɗ), 26.IX.1989 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Al Mafraq, Om Buteima 8.X.1993 (1Ψ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (3Ψ, 2ɗ); Jarash 8. IV.1996 (1Ψ); Maíain 5.VIII.2002 (1ɗ); Tabaqt Fahl 10.X.1999 (1Ψ); Wadi al Arab Dam 9.IX.1999 (1ɗ) (Al Balqa University).

Distribution: Afrotropical: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, South Africa, Sudan. Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Morocco, Mongolia, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

This is a very common subspecies in Jordan.