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Parapiophila McAlpine

Description

Genus PARAPIOPHILA McAlpine

Parapiophila McAlpine, 1977: 48. Type species: Piophila vulgaris Fallén, 1820, original designation.

Parapiophila vulgaris (Fallén, 1820)

Piophila vulgaris Fallén, 1820b: 9. Holotype and paratypes. Sweden (?USNM). Piophila hortulana Seguy, 1934: 77. Nomen nudum.

Piophila anomala Malloch, 1923: 219. USA (Alaska: Pribilof Is.) (?USNM). Piophila oriens Melander & Spuler, 1917: 63. Lectotype. USA (New York: Ithaca) (USNM). Piophila setosa Melander & Spuler, 1917: 64. Lectotype. USA (Alaska: Douglas) (USNM). Piophila pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1838: 772. Unspecified type. Sweden (Lapponia Umensi: Fredrica) (ZIL). Distribution. NE: Alaska to Quebec, s. to New York & Massachusetts. PA: Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Egyptian localities. Unknown.

Dates of collection. Unknown.

Remark. This species was listed by Steyskal and El-Bialy (1967) as recorded from Egypt, however it is not represented in the Egyptian insect collections.

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on page 158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Piophilidae
Genus
Parapiophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
McAlpine
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • McAlpine, J. F. (1977) A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including ' Neottiophilidae' and ' Thyreophoridae' (Diptera: Schizophora). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 103, 1 - 66.
  • Fallen, C. F. (1820 b) Heteromyzides Sveciae. Berlingianis, Lundae [= Lund], 10 pp.
  • Seguy, E. (1934) Dipteres Brachyceres (Muscidae Acalypterae et Scatophagidae). Faune de France. Lechevalier et Fils, Paris, 832 pp.
  • Malloch, J. R. (1923) Diptera (except Tipulidae, Rhyphidae and Calliphoridae). In: A biological survey of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Part II. Insects, arachnids, and chilopods of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. North American Journal, 46, pp. 170 - 227.
  • Melander, A. L. & Spuler, A. (1917) The Dipterous families Sepsidae and Piophilidae. Bulletin State College of Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Washington, 143, 1 - 103.
  • Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838) Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera. In: Insecta Lapponica, 1838, 392 pp. [pp. 477 - 868]