Thyridanthrax lotus (Loew, 1869)

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 38

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158701

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6272441

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038787BD-EF7B-FFD8-FEF9-FEDD00150C21

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scientific name

Thyridanthrax lotus (Loew, 1869)
status

 

Thyridanthrax lotus (Loew, 1869) View in CoL

Material: 28 specimens: Abu Nusayr 3.VII.2002 (2Ψ, 1ɗ); Ira 15.VII.2002 (1ɗ); Al Husson 17.VI.2002 (2Ψ); Al Muwaqqar 16.IX.2002 (4Ψ), 7.X.2002 (2Ψ); Ar Ramtha 29.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII.2002 (2ɗ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Kafr Khal 22.VII.2002 (3Ψ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (5Ψ); Muzayrib 31.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Sama As Sarhan 29.VII.2002 (2Ψ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

This species is a common species in Jordan. Wings are completely hyaline, although it is unusual for Thyridanthrax species to have completely hyaline wings. Sama As Sarhan specimens differ in having the dorsal surface of thorax and abdomen with yellow­brown scales and shiny bristles and are smaller in size than other individuals.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

SubFamily

Anthracinae

Tribe

Villini

Genus

Thyridanthrax

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