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 antiqua (Wiedemann, 1830) Conops antiqua Wiedemann, 1830: 239. Type locality: Egypt. Conops arabica Macquart, 1851: 134. Type locality: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah). Physocephala furax Becker, 1913: 612. Type locality: Iran. Physocephala syriaca Kroeber , 1915: 72. Type locality: Egypt (Cairo) & Palestinian West Bank (Jericho). Physocephala obscurifacies Kroeber , 1924: 67. Type locality: Egypt (Wadi Hoff). Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik ; sex: 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Abu-Sueir ; decimalLatitude: 30.5766 ; decimalLongitude: 32.107622 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 05-17-1925 ; 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/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Dar El-Maskhara ; decimalLatitude: 29.7833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.4167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-11-1927 ; Record Level: collectionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: El-Mallah ; decimalLatitude: 30.8167 ; decimalLongitude: 32.1000 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-29-1927 ; 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/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: W. Garawi ; decimalLatitude: 30.7833 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3167 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 05-15-1927 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Wadi Digla ; decimalLatitude: 29.9578 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3348 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 09-03-1926 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Wadi Rishrash ; decimalLatitude: 29.4642 ; decimalLongitude: 31.3672 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 06-17-1932 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; 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: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 08-15-1925 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 2 males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; 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: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 07-18-1925 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; 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: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 06-06-1925 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; 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: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-23-1935 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 2 males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Kerdassa ; decimalLatitude: 30.0297 ; decimalLongitude: 31.1061 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 04-17-1926 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M. ; sex: 2 males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt ; locality: Mansouriah ; decimalLatitude: 30.1236 ; decimalLongitude: 31.07246 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 09-02-1925 ; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: El-Hawagry ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia ; stateProvince: Al-Baha; locality: Al-Mekhwa ; decimalLatitude: 19.8429 ; decimalLongitude: 41.3115 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping ; eventDate: 03-17-2012 ; Record Level: institutionCode: MSHC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al. ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569080; scientificName: Physocephala antiqua; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia ; stateProvince: Jazan; locality: Jazan ; decimalLatitude: 16.902448 ; decimalLongitude: 42.570516 ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry ; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 05-12-2019 ; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Distribution AF: Egypt [as "Gebel Elba"], Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"], United Arab Emirates, Yemen. PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan. Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 5 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Abu-Kir, Dekhela, Mariout (April to August); Eastern Desert: Abu Sueir, Cairo-Suez Road, El-Mallah, Geneifa, Ismailia, Wadi Asal (30 km S. Kosseir), Wadi Digla, Wadi El-Maskhara, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Gharagid, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Ibtadi, Wadi Rishrash (February to September); Fayoum: Kom Osheem (May, August and November); Gebel Elba: locality unknown (January); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Barrage, Burgash, Cairo, El-Katta, El-Magadlah, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa, Maadi, Mansouriah, Pyramids, Turah (April to October); Sinai: Wadi Gedeirat (June and July); Upper Nile Valley: Kom Ombo (January); Western Desert: Dahshour, Dakhla Oasis (Balat, Ewina & Rashda), Saqqara, Siwa Oasis (March to December) [Sources: Kroeber (1915a) , Kroeber (1924) , Kroeber (1927) , Stuke and Clements (2008) , Stuke (2014) , Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Al-Mekhwa (March); Asir: Marabah (April); Jazan: Abu-Arish Road (Al-Mahdag and Arada), Jazan City (March to May); Makka Al-Mukarramah: Jeddah (date unknown) [Sources: Kroeber (1915a) , Stuke and Clements (2008) and collected material].