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.