Exoprosopa rivularis (Meigen 1818)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 31

Exoprosopa rivularis (Meigen 1818)

Material: 33 specimens: Ira 15.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Al Jubayhah 9.IX.2002 (1ɗ); Al Mukhaybah Al Fawqa 31.VII.2002 (1ɗ); Ar Ramtha 29.VII.2002 (2ɗ); Ar Rumman 6.V.2002 (1Ψ); Ar Rumaymin 3.VII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII.2002 (4ɗ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (2ɗ); Ayn Al Muallaqah 11.VI.2001 (1Ψ) (Al Al Bayt University); Ayn esh Shallaleh 16.VI.1997 (2Ψ, 2ɗ), 24.VI.2002 (1ɗ); Dayr Alla 18.XI.1974 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Hummrit As Sahin 3.VI.2002 (1ɗ); Kafr Khal 22.VII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (3Ψ, 3ɗ); Na’or 5.VIII.2002 (1ɗ); Wadi Shua’yeb 27.VIII.1990 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, France, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

This species is a very common in Jordan during summer except in desertic areas. Females are variable in the intensity of wing patterns.