Hemipenthes velutina (Meigen, 1820)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 35

Hemipenthes velutina (Meigen, 1820)

Material: 28 specimens: Abu Nusayr 17.XII.1998 (1Ψ); Al Fuhays 19.IV.1989 (1ɗ); Al Husson 16.IV.2002 (1ɗ); Al Jubayhah 21.IV.1991 (1ɗ), 2.V.1977 (1ɗ), 2.V.2002 (1Ψ), 3.V.1988 (1ɗ), 5.V.1977 (1Ψ), 12.V.1992 (1Ψ), 13.V.1974 (1ɗ), 15.V.1998 (1Ψ), 22.VII.1993 (1Ψ); Al Mujib 24.IX.2002 (2ɗ) on Acacia sp.; Al wala 8.IV.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Amman 11.V.1992 (1ɗ); Ar Raddas 22.IX.2002 (1Ψ) on Acacia sp.; Ar Rumman 22.IV.1983 (1Ψ); As Salt 26.VII.1978 (1ɗ); Jarash 15.IV.2002 (1Ψ), 12.IV.1980 (1Ψ); Madaba 3.V.1975 (1Ψ); Mahis 16.IV.2002 (1ɗ); Rum 10.III.2000 (1Ψ); Wadi Shuqayq 24.IX.2002 (2Ψ);Westren Bayudah 26.VIII.2002 (1Ψ).

Distribution: Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia­Hercegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

This species is common in Jordan. It was collected from Acacia (Leguminosae) . It is a hyperparasitoid of the pupae of the dipterous and hymenopterous parasitoid Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Thaumetopoeidae) (du Merle, 1975).