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 Physocephala chrysorrhoea (Meigen, 1824) Conops chrysorrhoea Meigen, 1824: 128. Type locality: Austria. Conops pallasi Meigen, 1824: 128. Type locality: Russia. Conops serpylleti Zeller, 1842: 837. Type locality: Germany. Physocephala zarudnyi Becker, 1913: 614. Type locality: Iran. Physocephala truncata var. pseudomaculigera Kroeber , 1915: 72. Type locality: Egypt & Tunisia. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Burg ; decimalLatitude: 30.9081 ; decimalLongitude: 29.5464 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-25-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik ; sex: 1 male , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Burg ; decimalLatitude: 30.9081 ; decimalLongitude: 29.5464 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 05-10-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Selim ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Ein Moussa ; decimalLatitude: 29.8667 ; decimalLongitude: 32.6500 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 02-07-1928 ; Record Level: institutionCode: ESEC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: W. Dar El-Maskhara ; decimalLatitude: 29.7833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.4167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-21-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: W. Garawi ; decimalLatitude: 29.7833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-25-1932 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 2 males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: W. Morrah ; decimalLatitude: 22.3500 ; decimalLongitude: 33.7500 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-01-1925 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Wadi Hoff ; decimalLatitude: 29.8820558 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3109855 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-04-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Wadi Um-Elek ; decimalLatitude: 29.8833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.5167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-12-1924 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Wadi Um-Elek ; decimalLatitude: 29.8833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.5167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-13-1930 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Shafik & Str.EFC ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Girza ; decimalLatitude: 29.499684 ; decimalLongitude: 31.073799 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-05-1950 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845 ; decimalLongitude: 31.092932 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 05-05-1926 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845 ; decimalLongitude: 31.092932 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-03-1926 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 3 females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Helwan ; decimalLatitude: 29.8500 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3333 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-13-1935 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male , 2 females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Helwan ; decimalLatitude: 29.8500 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3333 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-28-1934 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Shafik ; sex: 3 males , 3 females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Ein Gedeirat ; decimalLatitude: 30.6500 ; decimalLongitude: 34.4333 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 5/24-29/1938 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T. ; sex: 2 males , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569093; scientificName: Physocephala chrysorrhoea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: W. El-Arbaein (Sinai) ; decimalLatitude: 28.5469 ; decimalLongitude: 33.9530 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 4/19-27/1939 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Distribution AF: Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"]. PA: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine. Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 6 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Burg El-Arab, Mariout (February to May); Eastern Desert: Bir El-Fahm, Ogret El-Sheikh, Wadi El-Mallah, Wadi El-Maskhara, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Morrah, Wadi Um-Elek, Wadi Zohleiga (March and April); Fayoum: Girza, Sennouris (January to March); Gebel Elba: locality unknown (January); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Barrage, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Hawamdiya, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kubba, Maadi, Mansouriah, Mazghouna (February to August); Sinai: Ein Gedeirat, Ein Moussa, Wadi El-Arbaein, Wadi El-Rabba (February to May); Western Desert: Dahshour (April) [Sources: Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: locality and date unknown [Sources: Stuke (2017) ].