Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 213

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Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822 View in CoL

Paragus haemorrhous Meigen, 1822: 182 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria & France.

Paragus sigillatus Curtis, 1836: 593 View in CoL . Type locality: England (Darent).

Paragus trianguliferus Zetterstedt, 1838: 3 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Novacculum Umenaes).

Paragus substitutus Loew, 1858: 376 View in CoL . Type locality: South Africa (Eastern Cape [as "Caffraria"]).

Paragus tamagawanus Matsumura, 1916: 9 View in CoL . Japan (Honshu: Tamagawa).

Paragus pallipes Matsumura, 1916: 11 View in CoL . Type localities: Russia (Sakhalin) & Japan (Honshu: Tokyo, Towada).

Paragus ogasawarae Matsumura, 1916: 13 View in CoL . Type localities: Japan (Honshu: Iwate).

Paragus coreanus Shiraki, 1930: 250 View in CoL . Type localities: Korea (Koryo, Kongo, Shakuoji).

Material examined: 1 male, Wadi El Zohleiga, 2.V.1925, leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [EFC]; 1 female, Kafr Hakim, 10.VI.1924, leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD].

World distribution: AF: Widespread. NE: N America from the Yukon south to Costa Rica. PA: Afghanistan, Egypt, Europe (Widespread), Israel, Japan, Korea.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez Road, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Ibtadi, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Zohleiga. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, El-Mansoura, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim, Kirdassa, Shubra. [Source: Shaumar & Kamal (1978)].

Activity period in Egypt: March to October.

Remarks: Adults fly low through ground vegetation, with a darting, erratic and weaving flight. Males usually hover close to the ground or close to the foliage of low-growing plants and settles on foliage or the ground. In Europe, this species usually visits the flowers of the Umbelliferae , Matricaria , Origanum , Polygonum, Potentilla, Solidago and Stellaria ( De Buck 1990; Speight 2017).

References

De Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor Belgie. Studiedocumenten van het K. B. I. N., Brussel, 167 pp.

Loew, H. (1858) Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera (part). Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 14 (9), 337 - 383.

Meigen, J. W. (1822) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. 3. Schultz- Wundermann, Hamm, 416 pp.

Shaumar, N. & Kamal, S. (1978) The Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47, 79 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1978.10295

Shiraki, T. (1930) Die syrphiden des japanischen Kaiserreichs, mit Berucksichtung benachbarter gebiete. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University, 1, 1 - 446.

Speight, M. C. D. (2017) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Vanappelghem, C. (Eds.), Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Vol. 97. Syrph the Net Publication, Dublin, 294 pp.

Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838) Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3. Diptera. Insecta Lapponica, 1838, 477 - 868