Paragus (Serratoparagus) azureus Hull, 1949 ( ssp. scrupeus Stuckenberg, 1954a: 406

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Al-Dhafer, Hathal & Turner, James, 2020, An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4855 (1), pp. 1-69 : 42-44

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scientific name	Paragus (Serratoparagus) azureus Hull, 1949 ( ssp. scrupeus Stuckenberg, 1954a: 406
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Paragus (Serratoparagus) azureus Hull, 1949 ( ssp. scrupeus Stuckenberg, 1954a: 406 View in CoL )

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Paragus azureus Hull, 1949: 729 View in CoL

Paragus (Paragus) azurea Stuckenberg, 1954b: 406 View Cited Treatment . (Misspelling).

Examined specimens. 1♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen Farm , 28.i.1983, K.Guichard ( KSMA) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded for Saudi Arabia by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993). It was described from Socotra and is further recorded from Aden, Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Zimbabwe ( Rhodesia) and Mozambique and Turkey (as P. azureus ssp. scrupens Stuckenberg ), UAE and eastern parts of the Afrotropical region ( Smith & Vockeroth 1980; Peck 1988; Dirickx 1994; Whittington 2003; Speight 2020; Smit et al. 2017).

Remarks. This species was described as, Paragus azureus Hull, 1949 . Stuckenberg (1954a) established the subgenus Pandasyopthalmu s in addition to the subgenus Paragus Latreille. Smith & Vockeroth (1980) listed it under P. (Paragus) azureus . After Vujić et al. (2008) established the two subgenera Serratoparagus and Afroparagus , P. (Paragus) azureus was therefore put under P. (Serratoparagus) azureus .

References

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Dirickx, H. G. (1994) Atlas des dipteres syrphides de la region mediterraneenne. I'nstitut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 317 pp.

Hull, F. M. (1949) Studies upon Diptera in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2 (12), 727 - 746. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222934908654020

Peck, L. V. (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Syrphidae- Conopidae. Vol. 8. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 11 - 230.

Smit, J. T. & Gutierrez-Chacon, C. (2008) A new species of the Paragus serratus - group from Yemen. Zoologische Mededelingen, 82 (20), 211 - 216.

Smit, J. T., van Harten, A. & Ketelaar, R. (2017) Order Diptera, family Syrphidae the hoverflies of the Arabian Peninsula. In: van Harten, A. (Eds.), Arthropod fauna of the UAE. Vol. 6. Department of the President's Affairs, Abu Dhabi, pp. 572 - 612.

Smith, K. G. V. & Vockeroth, J. R. (1980) 38. Family Syrphidae. In: Crosskey R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afro- tropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 488 - 510.

Speight, M. C. D. (2020) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Vol. 104. Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, 313 pp.

Stuckenberg, B. R. (1954 a) Studies on Paragus, with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Revue de Zoologieet de Botanique Africaines, 49 (1 - 2), 97 - 139.

Stuckenberg, B. R. (1954 b) The Paragus serratus complex, with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Transaction of the Royal Society of London, 105 (17), 393 - 422. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1954. tb 00770. x

Whittington, A. E. (2003) The Afrotropical Syrphidae fauna: an assessment. Studia dipterologica, 10 (2), 579 - 607.