Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis ( Fallén, 1817 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 213-214

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Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis ( Fallén, 1817) View in CoL

Pipiza tibialis Fallén, 1817: 60 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Vestrogothia).

Paragus zonatus Meigen, 1822: 177 View in CoL . Type locality: Germany (Herzogthum Mts.).

Paragus aeneus Meigen, 1822: 183 View in CoL . Type locality: France.

Paragus obscurus Meigen, 1822: 183 View in CoL . Type locality: France.

Paragus femoratus Meigen, 1822: 184 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria.

Ascia analis Macquart, 1839: 109 View in CoL . Type locality: Canary. Is.

Paragus dispar Schummel, 1841: 163 View in CoL . Type locality: Poland (Lissa, near Wroclaw).

Paragus numidia Macquart, 1849: 471 . Type locality: Algeria.

Paragus mundus Wollaston, 1858: 115 View in CoL . Type locality: Portugal (Madeira: Porto Santo).

Orthonevra varipes Bigot, 1880: 150 View in CoL . Type locality: Iran (Northern Iran).

Paragus tibialis var. meridionalis Becker, 1921: 4 View in CoL . Type locality: Russia (Krasnoarmeisk, nr. Volgograd).

Paragus mongolicus Kanervo, 1938a View in CoL : 149. Type locality: Mognolia.

Material examined: 1 female, El-Burg , 8.VII.1934, leg. Efflatoun ; 1 male, 1 female, Wadi El-Rabba , Sinai, 26.IV.1946, leg. Efflatoun , specimens published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978); 1 male, Amria , 1.VI.1924, leg. Efflatoun ; 1 male, Bir El-Fahm , 26.III.1930 , leg. H.C.E. & M.T.; 1 female, Helwan , 28.I.1935, leg. Farag ; 1 male, Wadi Hoff , 18.II.1927, leg. Farag [EFC].

World distribution: AF: Namibia, South Africa. NE: Canada, USA. OR: India. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, British Isles, Canary Is., China, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Madeira, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Amria, El-Burg, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh. Eastern Desert: Bir El-Fahm, Ogret El-Sheikh, Suez, Wadi Digla, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um Elek, Wadi Zohleiga. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, El-Mansoura, El-Mansouriya, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Helwan, Kafr El-Dems, Kafr Hakim, Kirdassa, Kombira. Sinai: Wadi Gedeirat, Wadi El-Rabba. [Sources: Efflatoun (1922), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material]

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: This species flies rapidly, zigzagging in and out of low-growing plants in open grassland and heathland, and beside tracks in open woodland. It also visits flowers in these situations, especially flowers of Potentilla and Salix ( Speight 2017) .

References

Becker, T. (1921) Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. I. Syrphidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 10, 1 - 93.

Bigot, J. M. F. (1880) Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 13 e partie. XX. Quelques Dipteres de Perse et du Caucase. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 5 (10), 139 - 154.

Efflatoun, H. C. (1922) A Monograph of Egyptian Diptera. (Part I. Fam. Syrphidae). Memoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 2, 1 - 123.

Fallen, F. C. (1817) Syrphici Sveciae. In: Diptera Sveciae / descripta a Carlo Frederico Fallen. Literis Berlingianis, Lundae, pp. 23 - 62.

Kanervo, E. (1938 a) Die Syrphidenfauna Sibiriens in vorlaufiger Zusammenstellung. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 4, 145 - 170.

Macquart, P. J. M. (1839) Dipteres. In: Webb, P. B. & Berthelot, S. (Eds.), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome deuxieme. Deuxieme partie. Contenant la Zoologie. [Entomologie]. Bethune, Paris, pp. 97 - 119.

Macquart, P. J. M. (1849) Huitieme ordre. Les Dipteres. In: Lucas, P. H. (Ed.), Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences physiques, Zoologie III. Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. Troisieme partie. Insectes. Bertrand, Paris, pp. 1 - 527.

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

Schummel, T. E. (1841 - 42) Verzeichniss und Beschreibung der bis jetzt in Schlesien gefangenen zweiflugler der Syrphen Familie. Uebersicht der Arbeiten und Veranderungen der Schlesische Gesellschaft fur Vaterlandissche Kultur im Jahre, 1841, 163 - 170.

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

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.

Wollaston, T. V. (1858) Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 1 (1), 18 - 28. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935808696865