Bombylius (Bombylius) medius Linnaeus, 1758

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 17-18

Bombylius (Bombylius) medius Linnaeus, 1758

Material: 85 specimens: Al Badhiyah 13.III.2002 (2Ψ); Al Jubayhah 6.II.1995 (4ɗ), 9.II.1995 (1ɗ), 22.II.1993 (1ɗ), 23.II.1981 (2Ψ, 1ɗ), 27.II.1990 (1ɗ), 3.III.1990 (1ɗ), 3.III.2002 (1ɗ), 5.III.1995 (1Ψ), 7.III.1980 (1ɗ), 10.III.1990 (1ɗ), 14.III.1990 (1ɗ), 17.III.1989 (2Ψ), 19.III.1994 (1Ψ, 1ɗ) on grasses, 21.III.1989 (1ɗ), 22.III.1989 (2ɗ), 22.III.1995 (1ɗ), 23.III.1994 (3ɗ), 25.III.1974 (1Ψ), 27.III.1989 (1ɗ), 27.III.1997 (2Ψ), 4.IV.1987 (1ɗ), 11.IV.? (1ɗ), 13. IV.1997 (1ɗ), 21.IV.1990 (1ɗ), 13.V.1974 (1Ψ), 7.IX.1981 (1Ψ), unknown date (1Ψ); Al Mashri’a 31.I.1987 (1ɗ); Al Mujib, Faqu’a 18.III.2002 (2Ψ); Al Mushaqqar 14.V.1990 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Amman 22.II.1994 (1Ψ), 12.III.1996 (1ɗ), 19.III.1993 (1ɗ), 20.III.1996 (1Ψ), 7. IV.1997 (1Ψ); Ayn Aqraba 25.III.2002 (1Ψ); As Salt 25.III.1998 (1ɗ); At Tafilah 7. IV.1997 (1Ψ); Dayr Alla 14.II.1990 (2ɗ), 23.II.1981 (2ɗ), 18.III.1974 (2Ψ), 19.III.1974 (2Ψ); Dead Sea 29.IV.1994 (1Ψ); Hummrit As Sahin 12.II.2001 (1ɗ) (Al Balqa University), 13.II.2001 (1Ψ) (Al Balqa University), 19.II.2000 (1ɗ, 1Ψ) (Al Balqa University), 6.III.2000 (1ɗ) (Al Balqa University); 20.III.2000 (1Ψ) (Al Balqa University), 23.III.2000 (2Ψ) (Al Balqa University), 27.III.2000 (1ɗ) (Al Balqa University); Jarash 27.II.2001 (1Ψ), 11.IV.1988 (1ɗ); Rajib 18.IV.2000 (1Ψ); Suwaylih 1.III.1985 (1Ψ), 2.III.1997 (1ɗ), 21.III. 21993 (1Ψ); Wadi As Sir 27.III.1997 (1Ψ), 6.V.1984 (1ɗ), no data (4 ɗ, 2Ψ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia­Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

There is one record from the nest of an Andrena sp. ( Andrenidae ) (du Merle, 1975).