Eumerus punctifrons Loew, 1857

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 : 31

Eumerus punctifrons Loew, 1857

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Eumerus punctifrons Loew, 1857: 85

Examined specimens. 1♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village 11.xii.2011 – 13.i.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♀, Najran, Al-Shurfa , 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Syria and further recorded from Afghanistan, Algeria, Cape Verde Islands, Morocco, Tunisia ( Peck 1988; Ghorpadé 2014), Yemen and UAE ( Dirickx 1994; Smit et al. 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 36. Habitus of Eumerus punctifrons Loew, 1857. Female, lateral view.