The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia Author El-Hawagry, Magdi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9162-5265 Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt elhawagry@gmail.com Author Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5284-713X Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, PO BOX 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Cairo, Egypt ammsoliman@gmail.com Author Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-2332 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, PO BOX 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-01-13 9 60287 60287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287 1314-2828-9-e60287 52C8BC2A7CCF533DB094FCDE6B1515E8 Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794) Myopa cinerea Fabricius, 1794: 399. Type locality: Italy. Myopa notata Meigen, 1804: 288. Type locality: France. Myopa tibialis Fabricius, 1805: 182. Type locality: Europe. Zodion conopsoides Latreille, 1809: 337. Type locality: France. Zodion pedicillatum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 252. Type locality: Not given. Zodion fuliginosum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 156. Type locality: France. Zodion fulvipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 157. Type locality: France. Zodion fulvicorne Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 158. Type locality: France. Zodion cinereum var. rubescens Szilady , 1925: 223. Type locality: Hungary. Zodion cinereum var. kerteszi Szilady , 1926: 589. Type locality: Hungary. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik ; sex: 1 male , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Behig ; decimalLatitude: 30.9310 ; decimalLongitude: 29.5988 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 02-28-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 1 male , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Burg ; decimalLatitude: 30.908084 ; decimalLongitude: 29.546389 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-05-1930 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Burg ; decimalLatitude: 30.908084 ; decimalLongitude: 29.546389 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 02-25-1932 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Mariout ; decimalLatitude: 31.017186 ; decimalLongitude: 29.759966 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 02-15-1923 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Mariout: El-Burg ; decimalLatitude: 30.908084 ; decimalLongitude: 29.546389 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 06-16-1929 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: El-Hawagry ; sex: 1 male , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia ; stateProvince: Al-Baha; locality: Ghabet Shahba ; decimalLatitude: 20.02723 ; decimalLongitude: 41.28565 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 05-06-2012 ; Record Level: institutionCode: MSHC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al. ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568846; scientificName: Zodion cinereum; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia ; stateProvince: Al-Baha; locality: Jabal Shada al-A'la Nature Reserve ; decimalLatitude: 19.8388 ; decimalLongitude: 41.3101 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 05-05-2015 ; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Distribution AF: Central African Republic, Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"] ( El-Hawagry et al. 2016 , United Arabian Emirates. OR: India. PA: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine. Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 11 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Behig, Burg El-Arab, Mariout (February and March); Sinai: Wadi El-Lega, Wadi El-Rabba (April, August and September) [Sources: Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC]. SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Ghabet Shahba (Al-Baha City) (May and June 2012), Jabal Shada al-A'la Nature Reserve (May) [Source: Stuke (2008) , El-Hawagry et al. (2016) and collected material].