Paragus (Paragus) bicolor ( Fabricius, 1794 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 214-215

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929796

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF92-8B26-8585-D85CFD7C30D6

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scientific name

Paragus (Paragus) bicolor ( Fabricius, 1794 )
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Paragus (Paragus) bicolor ( Fabricius, 1794) View in CoL

Syrphus bicolor Fabricius, 1794: 297 View in CoL . Type locality: Barbariae [= Nw. Africa].

Musca cruentatus Geoffroy, 1785: 462. Type locality: France (Paris).

Paragus arcuatus Meigen, 1822: 179 View in CoL . Type locality: France (Provence).

Paragus taeniatus Meigen, 1822: 179 View in CoL . Type locality: France (Southern France).

Paragus ater Meigen, 1822: 182 View in CoL . Type locality: France (Carpentras).

Paragus testaceus Meigen, 1822: 180 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria & France (Southern France).

Paragus ruficauda Zetterstedt, 1843: 852 View in CoL . Type locality: Sweden (Scania: Esperöd).

Paragus tacchettii Rondani, 1865: 140 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy (Brescia).

World distribution: AF: Namibia, South Africa. NE: Canada, USA. OR: India (Jammu & Kashmir), Pakistan. PA:

Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Egypt, Europe (from southern Sweden and Denmark south to the Mediterranean, from France eastwards through central and southern Europe), Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Morocco, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Wadi Um Elek [ Shaumar & Kamal (1978)].

Activity period in Egypt: June.

Remarks: Adults fly low among ground vegetation and settle on either bare ground or low plants. The flowers visited include: Euphorbia, Herniaria glabra, Potentilla and Solidago ( Speight 2017). Gomes (1981) reared this species from among aphids on Rumex in Portugal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

SubFamily

Syrphinae

Tribe

Paragini

Genus

Paragus

SubGenus

Paragus

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Paragus (Paragus) bicolor ( Fabricius, 1794 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019
2019
Loc

Paragus tacchettii

Rondani, C. 1865: 140
1865
Loc

Paragus ruficauda

Zetterstedt, J. W. 1843: 852
1843
Loc

Paragus arcuatus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 179
1822
Loc

Paragus taeniatus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 179
1822
Loc

Paragus ater

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 182
1822
Loc

Paragus testaceus

Meigen, J. W. 1822: 180
1822
Loc

Syrphus bicolor

Fabricius, J. C. 1794: 297
1794
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