Paragus (Paragus) gulangensis Li et Li, 1990

Mutin, V. A., 2001, New Data On The Taxonomy Of The Palaearctic Hover-Flies (Diptera, Syrphidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 99, pp. 19-20 : 20

Paragus (Paragus) gulangensis Li et Li, 1990

Paragus (Paragus) gulangensis Li et Li, 1990: 15 , 120 [holotype - ♂, China: Gansu, Gulang, Xiangling Temple, 22.VII 1984 ( Li )].

Paragus (Paragus) dauricus Mutin , in Mutin & Barkalov, 1999: 373 [holotype - ♂, Russia: Chita , Pestshanka, 27.VII 1984 (Lelej)], syn. n.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Gansu), Russia (Chita region). W Caucasus.

REMARKS. The study of holotype of P. dauricus [ 1] and the original description of P. gulangensis including color photo and drawings of male genitalia [ 5] shows the identity of these taxa. P. gulangensis differs from similar Paragus species by shape of hypandrium upper lobe.

1. Mutin, V.A. & Barkalov, A.V. 1999. Family Syrphidae. - In: [Key to the insects of Russian Far East]. Vol. VI. Diptera and Siphonaptera. Pt 1. Vladivostok: 342-500. (In Russian).

2. Shiraki, T. 1968. Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera). – Fauna Japonica, Vol. 2. Tokyo: 243 p.

3. Mutin, V.A. 1998. Four new species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Russia and India. – An International Journal of Dipterological Research, 9 (3): 237-241.

4. Hayat, R. 1997. Sphegina (Sphegina) alaoglui, a new hover-fly from north-eastern Turkey (Diptera: Syrphidae). – Zoology in the Middle East, 14: 109-113.

5. Li, Zhao hua & Li, Ya zhe. 1990. Syrphidae of Gansu Province [Scientific atlas of hoverflies of Gansu Province]. – Review of China. Beijing. 128 p. (In Chinese, with English summary).