Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis (Fallén, 1817)

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

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

Paragus aeneus Meigen, 1822: 183 . Type locality: France.

Paragus obscurus Meigen, 1822: 183 . Type locality: France.

Paragus femoratus Meigen, 1822: 184 . Type locality: Austria.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paragus mongolicus Kanervo, 1938a: 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) .