Chalcochiton pallasii (Loew, 1856)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 23

Chalcochiton pallasii (Loew, 1856)

Material: 26 specimens: Amman 4.V.1990 (1Ψ); As Salt 29.IV.1994 (1ɗ) Anthemis palestina Reut ; Ayn Aqraba 25.III.2002 (6Ψ, 3ɗ), 29.IV.2002 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Ar Rumaymin 17.IV.1986 (1Ψ); Dayr Alla 25.III.1990 (1ɗ); Jarash 15.IV.2002 (1ɗ), 25.IV.1985 (1ɗ), 3.V.1990 (1ɗ); Kuraymih 8.IV.1974 (4ɗ); Muzayrib 24. IV.1995 (2Ψ) Anthemis palestina Reut. ; Na’or 16.IV.1974 (1Ψ); Wadi Shu’ayb 14.IV.? (1ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

This species is common in the highlands and Jordan Valley. One specimen of this species was collected from Anthemis palestina Reut. Females of C. pallasi are easily recog­