Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae)
Author
El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4299
2
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journal article
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Lamprolonchaea smaragdi
(
Walker, 1849
)
Notiphila smaragdi
Walker, 1849
: 1098
. Unspecified type. Sierra Leone (BMNH)
Lonchaea aurea
Macquart, 1851
: 273
. Africa (type unknown).
Lonchaea cuprea
Becker, 1908: 131
. Syntypes. (ZMHB).
Lonchaea splendida
Loew, 1873b
: 292
.
Italy
(
Sicily
) and
Greece
(Corfu) (
type
unknown).
Distribution.
AF:
Madagascar
, s. Africa. AU:
Hawaii
. NE:
Bermuda
. PA: Canary Is.,
Cyprus
,
Egypt
,
Greece
,
Italy
,
Madeira
,
Sicilia
,
Spain
.
Egyptian localities.
Coastal Strip: Abu Qir, Muntazah, Nuzha, Ramleh. Lower Nile Valley and
Delta
:
Cairo
, Gharbyia,
Giza
, Kerdassa, Qubba.
Sinai
: Arish, St. Katherine, Wadi El-Lega.
Plants from which flies were swept.
Cabbage (
Brassica oleracea
L.), eggplant (
Solanum melongena
L.), fig (
Ficus carica
L.), tomato (
Solanum lycopersicum
L.) and watermelon (
Citrullus
sp.).
Biology.
MacGowan & Freidberg (2008)
reared
L. smaragdi
from decayed sorghum, rotten potato, figs, avocado, and watermelon.
Dates of collection.
January to November.