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Athyroglossa (Parathyroglossa) africana

Description

Athyroglossa (Parathyroglossa) africana (Wirth, 1955)

Parathyroglossa africana Wirth, 1955: 49. Holotype, male. Tanzania (Marangu) (SMNS).

Distribution: AF: Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania. PA: Egypt, Israel.

Egyptian localities: Gebel Elba: Halayeb. Sinai: Ein Qsaib, El-Arish, Wadi Garagneyia (Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1990: 125).

Dates of collection: December to April.

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Ebrahim, Ayman M., 2018, Catalogue of the Egyptian Ephydroidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 201-246 in Zootaxa 4444 (3) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1309626

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SMNS
Family
Ephydridae
Genus
Athyroglossa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wirth
Species
africana
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Athyroglossa (Parathyroglossa) africana (Wirth, 1955) sec. El-Hawagry, Zatwarnicki & Ebrahim, 2018

References

  • Wirth, W. W. (1955) East African Ephydridae (Ins., Diptera). Mitteilungen ausdem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 31, 48 - 58. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631275 X 00325
  • Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (1990) A revision of the Western Palearctic species of Athyroglossa (Diptera: Ephydridae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 116 (1), 103 - 133.