Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera)
Author
El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
Author
Gilbert, Francis
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-05
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journal article
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Pseudodoros nigricollis
Becker, 1903
Pseudodoros nigricollis
Becker, 1903
: 92
.
Type
locality:
Egypt
(
Cairo
).
Baccha extranea
Bezzi, 1915b
: 47
.
Type
locality:
Zimbabwe
.
Material examined
:
1 male
, Wadi Charagid,
27.XI.1925
, leg. Efflatoun (specimen published in
Shaumar & Kamal (1978))
;
1 male
, Wadi Sayyal,
22.XI.1926
, leg. Farag [EFC];
2 males
,
2 females
, Wadi Sayyal,
18.I.1926
, leg. Farag, specimens published in
Efflatoun (1925)
, and
Shaumar & Kamal (1978)
[PPDD].
World distribution
: AF:
Madagascar
,
South Africa
,
UAE
,
Zimbabwe
. PA:
Cyprus
,
Egypt
,
Israel
.
Egyptian localities
: Coastal Strip: Mariout. Eastern Desert: Wadi Gharagid, Wadies east of Helwan. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu-Rawash, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Gezeireh, Helwan, Rodah, Shubra. Western Desert: Siwa [Sources:
Efflatoun (1922
,
1925
);
Shaumar & Kamal (1978)
,
Mengual
et al
. 2018
and the examined museum material].
Activity period in
Egypt
: September to March.
Remarks
:
P. nigricollis
was bred from larvae at Gezeireh feeding on
Aphis pruni
(=
Hyalopterus pruni
)
reedgrass (
Efflatoun 1922
).