Exoprosopa minos (Meigen, 1804)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, Five new records of bee flies (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia with zoogeographical remarks, ZooKeys 489, pp. 125-133 : 129-130

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.489.8794

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3C441492-2309-4D8E-98CE-559F4515D40F

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/30485A88-AC88-E6F5-C634-3A29E13FFBAC

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scientific name

Exoprosopa minos (Meigen, 1804)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Exoprosopa minos (Meigen, 1804) Figures 9-10

Remarks.

This species is distinguished by the remarkable transverse bands of white scales on the abdominal tergites, by the brownish infuscation at the fore border and base of wing, and by the black antennae and legs.

Considering the south-western part of Saudi Arabia as included in the Afrotropical Region, this is the first record of this species from the Afrotropical Region.

Distribution.

Afrotropical: Saudi Arabia (South-westrern part). Palaearctic: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Palestine (West Bank), Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Material examined.

1 male and 2 females, Al-Baha Province, Aqabet Al Baha-Tihama [20.00000°N, 41.43758°E, 1300 m], VI-V.2013, (El-Hawagry). Deposited in EFC.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Genus

Exoprosopa