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 Genus TRUPANEA Schrank Trupanea Guettard, 1762 : 170 . (unavailable, published in a non-binominal work). Trupanea Schrank, 1795 : 147 . Type species: Trupanea radiate Schrank, 1795 (= Musca stellata Fuesslin, 1775 ), monotypy. Urellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 774 . Type species: Urellia calcitrapae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Musca stellata Fuesslin, 1775 ), by subsequent designation ( Coquillett 1910: 618 ). Trypanea Agassiz, 1846 : 40 . (Unjustified emendation of Trupanea ). Tephritis (Trypanoidea) Bryan, 1924 : 367 . Type species: Trypeta crassipes Thomson, 1869 , original designation. Urelliosoma Hendel, 1927a : 118 . Type species: Tephritis desertorum Efflatoun, 1924 , original designation. [See: Merz 2001 : 92 ]. Trupanea amoena ( Frauenfeld, 1857 ) Trypeta amoena Frauenfeld, 1857 : 542 . Syntypes. Croatia ( Dalmatien [ Dalmatia ]: Zara [ Zadar ]) ( NHMW ). Urellia parisiensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 776 . Syntypes . France ( Paris ) ( MNHNP , destroyed). Trypanea amoena var. kotoshoensis Shiraki, 1933 :452 . Syntypes . Taiwan ( Kotosho ) (NTU). Distribution. AF, OR, PA: Widespread over Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions . AU: Northern Territory , Queensland . Egyptian localities. Common throughout the country, particularly in: Coastal Strip: Alexandria , Burg, Hammam, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh, Nuzha. Eastern Desert: Fayed, Gebel Asfar, Geneifa, Ghoubet El-Boos, Ismailiya, Port Said , Serapium, Suez Road, Wadi Abu Nossour, Wadi Digla, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Ibtadi, Wadi Rashid, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um Biar (Near Qussair), Wadi Um Elek, Wadi Zohleiga. Gebel Elba:?. Lower Nile Valley and Delta : Abu Rawash, Barrage, Birqash, Cairo , Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Giza , Helwan, Kafr Ghatati, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa, Maadi, Tisfa. Sinai : Ain Gedeirat, Arish, Rafah, Wadi Tih. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Nubariya, Siwa, Wadi El-Natroun. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan , Komombo. Host plants. Bitterweed ( Picris sprengeriana (L) Poir.), Bold-Leaf Launaeae ( Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f.), hawkweed oxtongue ( Picris hieracioides L.), fragrant oxeye ( Asteriscus graveolens (Forssk.) Less. ), jaffa groundsel ( Senecio glaucus L.), lettuce ( Lactuca spp.), Picris rhagadioloides (L.) Desf., purple starthistle ( Centaurea calcitrapa L.), safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.), sow thistle ( Sonchus oleraceus L.), stemless starthistle ( Centaurea acaulis L.).. Sources: Efflatoun (1924a) , Freidberg & Kugler (1989) . Dates of collection. Throughout the year.