Ceriana dilatipes
Ceriana dilatipes (Brunetti, 1929) (Figs 13–14) Cerioides dilatipes Brunettii, 1929: 15 Examined specimens. 1♂, Taif, Wadi Majarish, 12.ii.1983, sweeping, K. Guichard (KSMA). Distribution. This is the first record for Saudi Arabia. It was described from Zimbabwe (as “ Rhodesia ”) (Smith & Vocker...
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| Summary: | Ceriana dilatipes (Brunetti, 1929) (Figs 13–14) Cerioides dilatipes Brunettii, 1929: 15 Examined specimens. 1♂, Taif, Wadi Majarish, 12.ii.1983, sweeping, K. Guichard (KSMA). Distribution. This is the first record for Saudi Arabia. It was described from Zimbabwe (as “ Rhodesia ”) (Smith & Vockeroth 1980; Whittington 2003). Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen The genus Chrysotoxum comprises large, wasp-mimicking species (van Veen 2004). Species of the genus Chrysotoxum are widely distributed in all zoogeographical regions except Australasian and the Antarctic with approximately 150 species mostly in the Palaearctic region (Evenhuis et al . 2008; Thompson et al . 2010). The adult flies of European Chrysotoxum species can be found in deciduous and coniferous forests and grasslands (Speight 2020). Larvae are specialized in preying upon root aphids associated with ant nests (Rotheray & Gilbert 2011; Nedeljkovic et al . 2013; Speight 2020). Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Al-Dhafer, Hathal & Turner, James, 2020, An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 4855 (1) on page 15, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4855.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4411181 |
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