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Stichopogon deserti Theodor

Description

Stichopogon deserti Theodor

(Figs 7, 14A)

Stichopogon deserti Theodor, 1980: 154.

Type-locality. "Sede Boger" (Palestine).

Diagnosis. Length: Body 4.5̄ 5.5 mm, wing 3.2̄ 3.9 mm. Small species; mystax white; antenna black; cell m3 short, narrowly open, with long basal stalk; pulvilli reduced, half as long as claws; abdomen with the spots less distinct than those in S. elegantulus.

Local distribution. Sinai, Eastern Desert, Lower Nile Valley.

Geographical distribution. Egypt, Jordan, Palestine.

Specimens examined. Wadi Garawi, 20.IV.1923 (1 ♀); Wadi Garawi, 21.IV.1923 (1 ♀); Wadi Zohleiga, 27.III.1925 (1 ♀); Wadi Dar El-Maskhara, 12.IV. 1 930 (2 ♀); Wadi Gedeirat, 8.V.1934 (1 ♂); Wadi Wirak, N. Galalah, 4.IV.1937 (3 ♂, 4 ♀); Wadi Rishrash, 16.IV.1938 (2 ♂, 5 ♀); Ein Gedeirat, 13-22.IV.1938 (2 ♀); Wadi Gedirate, 12-16.VII.1939 (1 ♀); Wadi El-Rabba, S. Sinai, 21-24.IV.1940 (1 ♂); Wadi El-Helwa, Sinai, 25.IV.1940 (1 ♀); Wadi El-Helwa, Sinai, 27.IV.1940 (1 ♀); Wadi El -Shallal, Abu Zeneima, 29.III.1941 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Wadi El- Lega, S. Sinai, 6.IX.1941 (1 ♂, 2 ♀) (CUC); UAE, Sharjah x Khor Kalba near tunnel, 24-30.V.2006 (1 ♀); UAE, Al-Ajban, 22.X-9.XI.2005 (1 ♂) (BPC).

Remark. This species is recorded from Egypt for the first time. It is closely related to S. elegantulus (Wiedemann) but can be easily distinguished by the small body length, the length of the pulvilli, and the narrowed m3 cell.

Notes

Published as part of Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Gad Allah, Sohair M., Soliman, Ahmed M., Salama, Mohamed S. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2017, Review of robber flies of the genus Stichopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Stichopogoninae) from Egypt, pp. 142-160 in Zootaxa 4242 (1) on page 150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/376052

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CUC
Event date
1940-04-21 , 1940-04-25 , 1940-04-27 , 1941-09-06 , 2005-10-22 , 2006-05-24
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Stichopogon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Theodor
Species
deserti
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1940-04-21/24 , 1940-04-25 , 1940-04-27 , 1941-09-06 , 2005-10-22/11-09 , 2006-05-24/30

References

  • Theodor, O. (1980) Fauna Palaestina - Insecta II - Diptera: Asilidae. The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Jerusalem, 446 pp.