Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. text Zootaxa 2017 4299 2 151 190 journal article 32402 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1 70390707-8e0d-4e5e-8531-e35541bc049c 1175-5326 843233 77248EA4-DC2C-44DE-BA07-329EB7DF5648 Acanthiophilus helianthi ( Rossi, 1790 ) Musca helianthi Rossi, 1794: 73 . Syntypes . Italy ( Etruria ) ( ZMHB ). Trypeta eluta Meigen, 1826 : 344 . Syntypes . France ; Portugal; Germany ( MNHNP ). Distribution. AF: Ethiopia , Kenya , Sudan . OR: India , Nepal , Pakistan , Thailand . PA: Afghanistan , Andorra , Canary Is., Central Asia, China ( Xinjiang , Beijing ), Egypt , Europe, Israel , Iran , Kazakhstan , Madeira Is., Mongolia , Russia , Tunisia . Egyptian localities. Common throughout the country, particularly in: Coastal Strip: Alexandria , El-Burg, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh, Nuzha. Gebel Elba. Eastern Desert: Port Said , Suez Road, Suez Road, Wadi Abu Nossour, Wadi Digla, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rashid, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um Biar (Near Qussair), Wadi Um Elek. Lower Nile Valley and Delta : Abu Rawash, Birqash, Cairo , Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa. Sinai : Ain Gedeirat, Wadi Tih. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Siwa. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan , Komombo. Host plants. Brown knapweed ( Centaurea jacea L.), cornflower ( Centaurea cyanus L.), Egyptian starthistle ( Centaurea aegyptiaca L.), jersey knapweed ( Centaurea paniculata L.), knapweed ( Centaurea pallescens Delile ), illyrian thistle ( Onopordum illyricum L.), milk thistle [ Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.], safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.) aan stemless star-thistle ( Centaurea acaulis L.). Sources: Efflatoun (1924a) ; Kugler & Freidberg (1976) ; Freidberg & Kugler (1989) . Dates of collection. Throughout the year.