Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Al-Dhafer, Hathal & Turner, James, 2020, An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4855 (1), pp. 1-69 : 44-46

Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830

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Paragus compeditus Wiedemann, 1830: 89 .

Examined specimens. 1♀, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany fruit farm, 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Abdullah & H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 5♂, 1♀, Al-Riyadh, Wadi Al-Dawaseer, Al-Joba village , 1.iii–30.iv.2005, H.A.Dawah, Malaise trap ( CERS) ; 3♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Aziziyah , 3.xi.1982, sweeping A. Talhouk & S.Tilkian ( KSMA) ; 6♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Kharj , 80km. S. Al-Riyadh, 8.iii.1982, sweeping, A. Talhouk & S. Tilkian ( KSMA) .

Distribution. The species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Walker & Pittaway (1987); El-Hawagry et al. (2018); El-Hawagry et al. (2019). It was described from Ethiopia and has also been recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, N. China, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan: Afrotropical Region; Mascarene Islands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE ( Peck 1988; Dirickx 1994; Whittington 2003; Naderloo et al. 2011; Khosravian et al. 2015; Smit et al. 2017; Speight 2020).

Remarks. This species flies among vegetation in areas of high humidity ( Speight 2020).

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FIGURE 52. Habitus of Paragus (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830. Male, lateral view.