Nemotelus (Nemotelus) matrouhensis Mohammad et al., 2009

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud & Hauser, Martin, 2021, The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 64212-64212 : 64212

Nemotelus (Nemotelus) matrouhensis Mohammad et al., 2009

Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad, Fadl, Gadalla & Badrawy, 2009: 103. Type locality: Egypt (Mersa Matrouh).

Materials

Type status: Lectotype. Occurrence : recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T.; sex: male; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : scientificName: Nemotelus matrouhensis; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Mersa Matrouh ; decimalLatitude: 29.5696; decimalLongitude: 26.4194; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Not given; eventDate: July & Aug 1931; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC

Distribution

PA: Egypt. [Source: Woodley (2001)]

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 11 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Mersa Matrouh (July and August). [Source: original description ( Mohammad et al. (2009)]

Notes

Mohammad et al. (2009) published this species and inaccurately cited 13 males and 8 females as "holotype". They did not explicitly select a single specimen as holotype, so all cited specimens are considered as syntypes and a lectotype should be designated. As the illustration of the male genitalia was made from an intact specimen and did not show all the important structures, we are providing an illustration of dissected genitalia (Fig. 12 ) and a habitus photograph of the specimen (Fig. 13 ). When one of us (MH) requested a specimen, we were told that this would be a paratype, but because the specimen had no identification or type label at all, a red label was generated and attached to this specimen. This label reads: Paratype ♂/ Nemotelus matrouhensis / det.: Haitham Badrawy 2009. However, now it is clear that none of the specimens had identification labels and also that this was not a paratype, but a syntype. The male genitalia resemble N. crenatus Egger, 1859 and N. obscuripes Loew, 1871. Lectotype designation: a male specimen in EFC is herein designated as lectotype and is labelled: Mirsa Matruh, July & Aug 1931 (leg. H.C.E. & M.T.), with a red lectotype label. Paralectotypes: 12 males and 8 females, same data.

Figures

Figure 11. Distribution map of Nemotelus marinus Becker and Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al.

Figure 12. Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al.: A. Male terminalia, dorsal view; B. Phallic complex, dorsal view; C. same, lateral view.

Figure 13. Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al.: A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head and thorax, frontolateral view; D. Male habitus, lateral view.