Thyridanthrax incanus (Klug, 1832)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 37

Thyridanthrax incanus (Klug, 1832)

Material: 49 specimens: Ira 15.VII.2002 (1ɗ), Al Ghawr 3.V.1996 (1ɗ); Al Husson 17.VI.2002 (1Ψ); Al Jubayhah 3.IX.1990 (1Ψ), 22.V.1974 (1Ψ); Al Muwaqqar 22.VII.1995 (2Ψ) (Al Al Bayt University), 5.IX.1995 (2Ψ)(Al Al Bayt University); Al Mushaqqar 16.IX.2002 (2Ψ); Ar Ramtha 29.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Ar Rumaymin 8.VIII.1990 (1Ψ, 1ɗ), 3.VII.2002 (1ɗ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (6Ψ, 4ɗ), 4.IV.1989 (1ɗ); As Safawi 13.VIII.2002 (1ɗ); As Salt 26.VII.1994 (1?); Hummrit As Sahin 22.IV.2002 (2Ψ); Irbid 4.IX.1988 (1Ψ); Kafr Khal 22.VII.2002 (1ɗ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (1Ψ); Muzayrib 31.VII.2002 (2Ψ); Um As Summaq 19.X.1992 (1?); Sama As Sarhan 29.VII.2002 (5Ψ, 1ɗ); Zai 8.VIII.1990 (1Ψ); no data (1?) (Al Balqa University); no data (1?) (Al Yarmouk University).

Distribution: Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yugoslavia.

This species is a common species in Jordan. It was collected from Bishop’s Weed, Ammi majus L. (Umbelliferae).