Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830
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Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830 |
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Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830 View in CoL
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Paragus compeditus Wiedemann, 1830: 89 View in CoL .
Examined specimens. 1♀, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany fruit farm, 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Abdullah & H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 5♂, 1♀, Al-Riyadh, Wadi Al-Dawaseer, Al-Joba village , 1.iii–30.iv.2005, H.A.Dawah, Malaise trap ( CERS) ; 3♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Aziziyah , 3.xi.1982, sweeping A. Talhouk & S.Tilkian ( KSMA) ; 6♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Kharj , 80km. S. Al-Riyadh, 8.iii.1982, sweeping, A. Talhouk & S. Tilkian ( KSMA) .
Distribution. The species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Walker & Pittaway (1987); El-Hawagry et al. (2018); El-Hawagry et al. (2019). It was described from Ethiopia and has also been recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, N. China, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan: Afrotropical Region; Mascarene Islands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE ( Peck 1988; Dirickx 1994; Whittington 2003; Naderloo et al. 2011; Khosravian et al. 2015; Smit et al. 2017; Speight 2020).
Remarks. This species flies among vegetation in areas of high humidity ( Speight 2020).
Dirickx, H. G. (1994) Atlas des dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. I'nstitut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 317 pp.
El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S. & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2018) A contribution to the knowledge of fly fauna in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: new country records and an account of flies identified from Rawdhats, Riyadh Region, with biogeographical remarks (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of Natural History, 52 (21 - 22), 1377 - 1393. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2018.1456575
El-Hawagry, M. S., Al Dhafer, H. M. & Abdel-Dayem, M. S. (2019) On the fly fauna of the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: new country records from Riyadh region, with a list of associated fly species and zoogeographical remarks (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of Natural History, 53 (1 - 2), 17 - 43. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2019.1568601
Khosravian, Z., Sadeghi, H. & Ssymank, A. (2015) Hover-flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Kerman Province, Iran. Far Eastern Entomologist, 290, 1 - 12.
Macquart, J. (1842) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4. M e moires de la Societe des Science, de I'Agriculture et des Arts a- Lille, 4, 1841 (1), 65 - 200.
Naderloo, M., Pashaei, S. & Taghaddosi, M. V. (2011) Faunistic study on hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the eastern part of Zanjan province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Research, 4 (4), 313 - 323.
Peck, L. V. (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Syrphidae- Conopidae. Vol. 8. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11 - 230.
Smit, J. T., van Harten, A. & Ketelaar, R. (2017) Order Diptera, family Syrphidae the hoverflies of the Arabian Peninsula. In: van Harten, A. (Eds.), Arthropod fauna of the UAE. Vol. 6. Department of the President's Affairs, Abu Dhabi, pp. 572 - 612.
Speight, M. C. D. (2020) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Vol. 104. Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, 313 pp.
Walker, D. H. & Pittaway, A. R. (1987) Insects of Eastern Arabia. Textbook. published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, 175 pp.
Whittington, A. E. (2003) The Afrotropical Syrphidae fauna: an assessment. Studia dipterologica, 10 (2), 579 - 607.
Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830) s. n. Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten [concl.]. Hamm, 2, i-xii + 1 - 684.
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