Eumerus charmatus Smit in Smit et al. (2017)

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 : 25

Eumerus charmatus Smit in Smit et al. (2017)

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Eumerus charmatus Smit in Smit et al. (2017) : 584

Examined specimens. 1♂, Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre, 5–26.i.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 26.i.–16.ii.2014 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 3–24.ix.2014 ( NMWC) ; 3♂, 1♀, same locality but 15.ix.2015 ( NMWC; CERS) ; 1♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 25.ii–7.iii.2011, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 5–20.vi.2011 ( NMWC) ; 2♀, same locality but 3–10.x.2012 ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same locality but 1–15.xii.2012 ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same locality but 19.iv–12.v.2013 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 24.vi.–8.vii.2013 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 25.i–16.ii.2014 ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same locality but 4–26.i.2014 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality but 4–25.iii.2014 ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same locality but 17.v–9.vi.2014 ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Jazan, Farasan Island, Al-Marq , 23.ii–15.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village , 14.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Hay Al-Sad , 6–27.viii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A.Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Jazan, Basahy Farm , 23.vi– 19.viii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 3♂, Jazan, Harob, Wadi Lejab , 30.xi.–17.xii.2015, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Yemen.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Habitus of Eumerus charmatus Smit in Smit et al. (2017). Male, lateral view.