Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Al-Farhani, H., Sadeghi-Namaghi, H., Gilbert, F. & Tot, T., 2024, A CHECKLIST OF THE HOVER FLIES (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) OF IRAQ, Far Eastern Entomologist 503, pp. 23-28 : 26-27

Syrphus ribesii (L., 1758)

REMARK. This species has been reported already from Dhi-Qar in Iraq ( Abdul-Razzaq,

2014).

A checklist of 24 species of hover flies is provided for Iraq for the first time. The diversity of Syrphidae in Iraq is very low in comparison with neighboring countries. For example, there are 41 hoverfly species reported from Saudi Arabia (Dawah et al., 2020), and nine species from Kuwait ( Al-Houty, 1989). The syrphid fauna of Turkey includes 314 species and the fauna of Iran consists of 269 species ( Dousti, 2023). It is very likely that more research employing a greater variety of collection methods, and particularly exploring the northern mountains, will greatly increase the number of recorded species in Iraq.