Review of robber flies of the genus Stichopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Stichopogoninae) from Egypt Author Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M. Author Badrawy, Haitham B. M. Author Gad Allah, Sohair M. Author Soliman, Ahmed M. Author Salama, Mohamed S. Author Mohammad, Salwa K. text Zootaxa 2017 4242 1 142 160 journal article 36314 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.7 ca11d8f4-f900-4b54-b442-52c0fb8b78cd 1175-5326 376052 D2A5EA59-B4F5-472F-BA00-B08D6EC3F211 Stichopogon albellus Loew ( Figs 3 , 4 ) Stichopogon albellus Loew, 1856 : 38 . Type locality . Egypt . (deposited in ZMHB : Humboldt Museum , Berlin , Germany ) Diagnosis . Length. Body 4.5̄ 6.5 mm , wing 2.9̄ 4.2 mm . Small pale yellowish-grey species; mystax white to yellow bristles; two basal antennal segments pale yellow, flagellum and style black; scutellum with a marginal row of long, erect hairs; femora blackish with yellow apex, tarsi and tibiae pale yellow to pale reddish-yellow, claws black with basal half reddish-yellow, pulvilli normal; cell m3 with relatively long stalk; abdomen grey, tergites with darker spots. FIGURE 3 A,B. Stichopogon albellus Loew (♀) habitus, body length = 5.8 mm. FIGURE 4 A,B,C. S. albellus , habitus (♂) type. Local distribution . Lower Nile Valley , Eastern Desert, Western Desert , Sinai , Fayoum. Geographical distribution . Egypt, Iran, Palestine. Specimens examined. Ezbet El-Nakhl, 12.VI.1921 (1, sex not determined because end of abdomen broken); Sakkara , 31.III.1922 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Helwan , 24.IV.1924 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 27.IV. 1 924 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Mansouriah , 30.V.1924 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Ein Shams , 12.X.1924 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 8.IV.1925 ( 1♂ , 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 17.IV.1925 ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim , 13.V.1925 (1 end of abdomen broken det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 7.X.1925 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Geneifa , 8.IV.1926 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 17.IV.1926 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Mansouriah , 12.V.1926 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Mansouriah , 26.VI.1926 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 18.IV.1927 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Ezbel El-Nakhl , 12.VI.1927 ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Dar El-Maskhara , 12.IV.1930 (1 ♂); Ein Gedeirat, 15.VI.1934 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Wadi Gedeirat, 20.V.1935 (1 ♂); Ein Gedeirat, 13- 22.4.1936 (3 ♂, 1 ♀); Wadi El-Shallal, Abu Zeneima, 29.IV.1939 (1 ♀); Wadi Gedeirat, 12-16.VII.1939 (2 ♂, 6 ♀); Fayoum, 30.V.1943 ( 1 ♀ ); Wade Italk near Rabbali , South Sinai , 26-31.VII.1943 ( 1 ♀ ); Fayoum , Girza Route , 14.IV.1946 ( 2 ♀ ) ( CUC ); Sakkara , 31.III.1922 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 7.VI.1922 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim , 24.III.1925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim , 14.IV. 1 925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Mazghouna , 15.V.1925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Mansouriah , 2.IX.1925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 3.IV.1926 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Geneifa , 3.IV.1926 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim , 7.IV.1926 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Geneifa , 8.IV.1926 ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 11.IV.1926 ( 2 ♂ , 2 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Gendali , 13.VI.1926 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa , 10.III.1927 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 16.IV.1927 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Kharga Oasis , 22.I.1928 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun) ( ESEC ); Abu Rawash , 5.IV.1925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim , 20.IV.1925 ( 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash , 24.IV.1926 ( 1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun) ( PPDD ); Ezbet El-Nakhl , 12.VI.1921 (2 ♀); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 3.V.1922 (1 ♀); Abu Rawash, 8.IV.1925 (1 ♀) (AUCE).