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 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.