An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
0000-0002-3323-3623
mohd_robiya@hotmail.com
Author
Ahmad, Syed Kamran
0000-0002-6211-2345
entosaif@rediffmail.com
Author
Al-Dhafer, Hathal
0000-0002-4911-2332
hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa
Author
Turner, James
0000-0003-2411-7396
urner@museumwales.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
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2020-09-25
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Paragus
(
Serratoparagus
)
binominalis
Smit & Gutiérrez-Chacón, 2008
(
Figs 48–49
)
Paragus binominalis
Smit and Gutiérrez-Chacón, 2008: 212
Examined specimens.
1♀
,
Jazan, Fifa
,
Al-Tatweer
Centre
,
26.i–16.ii.2014
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
Asir
,
1♀
,
Keratha
,
El-Ethrebany
farm
1–25.v.2013
,
H.A. Dawah
,
Malaise trap
(
CERS
)
;
1♀
,
Jazan
,
Harob
,
Wadi Lejab
,
1–18.i.2016
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. This species was described from
Yemen
and is only known from the
type
series (
Smit
et al
. 2017
).
Remarks
. This species was described by Smit & Gutiérrez-Chacón, (2008) as
P. binominalis
.
Smit
et al
. (2017)
listed it under
P.
(
Paragus
)
binominalis
. Following Vujić
et al.
(2008)
P.
(
Paragus
)
binominalis
was therefore put under
P.
(
Serratoparagus
)
binominalis
.