ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE GENUS PARAGUSLATREILLE (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) FROM PAKISTAN WITH A NEW COUNTRY RECORD
Six species of the genus Pargaus 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) compeditusWiedemann, 1830 from GilgitBaltistan; Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) annandalei Ghorpade, 1992, P. (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822 and P. (Pandasyopthalmus) politusWiedemann, 1830 from Azad Kashmir and P. (Serratoparagus) serratus (Fabricius, 1805) and P. (Pandasyopthalmus) politusWiedemann, 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.