Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Author Gilbert, Francis text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-05 4577 2 201 248 journal article 27386 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 edfb4093-4bf9-40ed-9fb4-bf492ccad12e 1175-5326 2629643 959CC8F8-E214-4A56-9343-CBCC2CBD43DD Paragus ( Paragus ) bicolor ( Fabricius, 1794 ) Syrphus bicolor Fabricius, 1794 : 297 . Type locality: Barbariae [= Nw. Africa]. Musca cruentatus Geoffroy, 1785 : 462. Type locality: France (Paris). Paragus arcuatus Meigen, 1822 : 179 . Type locality: France (Provence). Paragus taeniatus Meigen, 1822 : 179 . Type locality: France (Southern France ). Paragus ater Meigen, 1822 : 182 . Type locality: France (Carpentras). Paragus testaceus Meigen, 1822 : 180 . Type locality: Austria & France (Southern France ). Paragus ruficauda Zetterstedt, 1843 : 852 . Type locality: Sweden ( Scania : Esperöd). Paragus tacchettii Rondani, 1865 : 140 . 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 .