Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera)
Author
El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Author
Gilbert, Francis
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-05
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journal article
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Paragus
(
Pandasyopthalmus
)
haemorrhous
Meigen, 1822
Paragus haemorrhous
Meigen, 1822
: 182
.
Type
locality:
Austria
&
France
.
Paragus sigillatus
Curtis, 1836: 593
.
Type
locality:
England
(Darent).
Paragus trianguliferus
Zetterstedt, 1838
: 3
.
Type
locality:
Sweden
(Novacculum Umenaes).
Paragus substitutus
Loew, 1858
: 376
.
Type
locality:
South Africa
(
Eastern Cape
[as "Caffraria"]).
Paragus tamagawanus
Matsumura, 1916: 9
.
Japan
(Honshu: Tamagawa).
Paragus pallipes
Matsumura, 1916: 11
.
Type
localities:
Russia
(
Sakhalin
) &
Japan
(Honshu:
Tokyo
, Towada).
Paragus ogasawarae
Matsumura, 1916: 13
.
Type
localities:
Japan
(Honshu:
Iwate
).
Paragus coreanus
Shiraki, 1930
: 250
.
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
).