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 Melieria nigritarsis Becker, 1903 Melieria nigritarsis Becker, 1903: 130 . Syntypes . Egypt ( Damietta and Fayoum) (ZMHB). Distribution. AF: south to Namibia , Kenya . PA: Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Kazakhstan , Ukraine , European Russia , Saudi Arabia , Siberia, Tunisia , Turkmenistan , United Arab Emirates , Uzbekistan , western China . Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Alexandria , Cleopatra, Dekheila, Mariout. Fayoum: Eastern Desert: Ismailiya. Fayoum City. Lower Nile Valley and Delta : Abu Rawash, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa. Western Desert: Abu Mongar, Dakhla Oasis, Kharga Oasis. Plants from which flies were swept. Cogon or Satintail grass ( Imperata sp.). Dates of collection. February to October.