Heteralonia (Acrodisca) suffusa (Klug, 1832)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 31-32

Heteralonia (Acrodisca) suffusa (Klug, 1832)

Material: 50 specimens: Al Jubayhah 5.VIII.1990 (1Ψ), 6.VIII.1990 (1ɗ), unknown date (1Ψ); Ar Rumaymin 3.VI.2002 (1ɗ, 2Ψ), 8.VIII.1990 (1Ψ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII.2002 (6Ψ, 3ɗ); Ash Shawbak 4.III.1994 (4ɗ), 7.VIII.2002 (1Ψ); As Salt 1.VIII.2002 (1ɗ), 18.VIII.1993 (1Ψ); Ayn Al Muallaqah 11.VI.2001 (2ɗ) (Al Al Bayt University); Eastern Bayudah 26.VIII.2002 (2Ψ); Irbid 27.XII.1998 (1ɗ); Kafr Khal 31.VII.2002 (3Ψ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (1Ψ); Mahis 15.VII.2002 (1ɗ); Muzayrib 31.VII.2002 (2Ψ, 5ɗ); Na’or 5.VIII.2002 (2Ψ); Wadi Shu’ayb 27.VIII.1990 (1Ψ), 26.IX.1993 (1Ψ); Wadi esh Shallaleh 21.V.2001 (2Ψ) (Al Al Bayt University), 16.VI.1997 (1Ψ); Western Bayudah 26.VIII.2002 (1ɗ); Zai 22.VIII.1993 (1ɗ), 19.VII.1993 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Afrotropical: Kenya, Somalia. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

H. suffusa is very common during summer in Jordan except in desertic regions. It is easily recognized in the field, flying near ground surface. It has completely infuscated wings ranging from brown to black.