Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen 1822

• Main Authors: El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Gilbert, Francis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Paragus; Paragus haemorrhous; Yukon; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929790; https://zenodo.org/record/5929790

Paragus ( Pandasyopthalmus ) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822 Paragus haemorrhous Meigen, 1822: 182. Type locality: Austria & France. Paragus sigillatus Curtis, 1836: 593. Type locality: England (Darent). Paragus trianguliferus Zetterstedt, 1838: 3. Type locality: Sweden (Novacculum Umenaes). Paragus substitutus Loew, 1858: 376. Type locality: South Africa (Eastern Cape [as "Caffraria"]). Paragus tamagawanus Matsumura, 1916: 9. Japan (Honshu: Tamagawa). Paragus pallipes Matsumura, 1916: 11. Type localities: Russia (Sakhalin) & Japan (Honshu: Tokyo, Towada). Paragus ogasawarae Matsumura, 1916: 13. Type localities: Japan (Honshu: Iwate). Paragus coreanus Shiraki, 1930: 250. Type localities: Korea (Koryo, Kongo, Shakuoji). Material examined : 1 male, Wadi El Zohleiga, 2.V.1925, leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [EFC]; 1 female, Kafr Hakim, 10.VI.1924, leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in Shaumar & Kamal (1978)) [PPDD]. World distribution : AF: Widespread. NE: N America from the Yukon south to Costa Rica. PA: Afghanistan, Egypt, Europe (Widespread), Israel, Japan, Korea. Egyptian localities : Coastal Strip: Mariout. Eastern Desert: Suez Road, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Ibtadi, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Zohleiga. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, El-Mansoura, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim, Kirdassa, Shubra. [Source: Shaumar & Kamal (1978)]. Activity period in Egypt : March to October. Remarks : Adults fly low through ground vegetation, with a darting, erratic and weaving flight. Males usually hover close to the ground or close to the foliage of low-growing plants and settles on foliage or the ground. In Europe, this species usually visits the flowers of the Umbelliferae, Matricaria, Origanum, Polygonum, Potentilla, Solidago and Stellaria (De Buck 1990; Speight 2017). : Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), pp. 201-248 in Zootaxa 4577 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2629643 : {"references": ["Meigen, J. W. (1822) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. 3. Schultz- Wundermann, Hamm, 416 pp.", "Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838) Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3. Diptera. Insecta Lapponica, 1838, 477 - 868", "Loew, H. (1858) Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera (part). Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 14 (9), 337 - 383.", "Shiraki, T. (1930) Die syrphiden des japanischen Kaiserreichs, mit Berucksichtung benachbarter gebiete. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University, 1, 1 - 446.", "Shaumar, N. & Kamal, S. (1978) The Syrphidae of Egypt. Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47, 79 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1978.10295", "De Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor Belgie. Studiedocumenten van het K. B. I. N., Brussel, 167 pp.", "Speight, M. C. D. (2017) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Vanappelghem, C. (Eds.), Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Vol. 97. Syrph the Net Publication, Dublin, 294 pp."]}