ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE GENUS PARAGUS LATREILLE (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) FROM PAKISTAN WITH A NEW COUNTRY RECORD
M. A. Hassan*1, K. Ghorpadé2, I. Bodlah1, K. Mahmood3 and Z. Iqbal1
1 Laboratory of Biosystematics, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; 2 University of Agricultural Sciences, Karnataka, India; 3 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
*Corresponding Author Email: kakojan112@gmail.com; imranbodlah@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Six species of the genus Paragus Latreille,viz. four species under subgenus Pandasyopthalmus and one species each under subgenera Paragus and Serratoparagus are reported from Pakistan. These known species are distributed as follows: Paragus (Paragus) quadrifasciatus Meigen, 1822 and P. (Paragus) compeditus Wiedemann, 1830 from Gilgit-Baltistan; Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) annandalei Ghorpadé, 1992, P. (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822 and P. (Pandasyopthalmus) politus Wiedemann, 1830 from Azad Kashmir and P. (Serratoparagus) serratus (Fabricius, 1805) and P. (Pandasyopthalmus) politus Wiedemann, 1830 has been recorded from Punjab province of Pakistan. Paragus (Paragus) quadrifasciatus Meigen, 1822 is a new country record for Pakistan. The six here collected species are mentioned along with their local distributional notes, remarks and diagnostic characters. Photographs of the morphological characters and drawings of male terminalia of all known species have been provided. A checklist of the seven known species of the genus Paragus Latreille is given along with distributional notes.
Key words: Paragus, Syrphidae, Pakistan, New Record.
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