Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen, 1804

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa & Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, 2021, The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60287-60287 : 60287

Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen, 1804

Conops elegans Meigen, 1804: 275. Type locality: France (Marseille).

Conops elegans var. fuscipennis Macquart 1849: 472. Type locality: Algeria.

Conops algirus Macquart 1849: 473. Type locality: Algeria (environs du Cercle de Lacalle).

Conopaejus aegyptiacus Rondani, 1850: 167. Type locality: Egypt.

Conops fuscanipennis Bigot, 1887: 32. Type locality: Italy (Sicily).

Conops elegans var. minutus Kröber, 1916: 48. Type locality: Not given (Cyprus, Limassol in Kröber 1939).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Aly; sex: 2 males, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Fayid ; decimalLatitude: 30.323823; decimalLongitude: 32.30079; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 03-16-1959; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-06-1927; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shafik & Str.; sex: 1 male, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Girza ; decimalLatitude: 29.499684; decimalLongitude: 31.07380; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-16-1952; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Str. & Sh.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Tameyah ; decimalLatitude: 29.475479; decimalLongitude: 30.95228; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 07-25-1948; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845; decimalLongitude: 31.0929; 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: R.M.; sex: 2 males; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845; decimalLongitude: 31.0929; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 09-16-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845; decimalLongitude: 31.0929; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 10-13-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Mistikawi; sex: 2 males, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Edfina ; decimalLatitude: 31.29252; decimalLongitude: 30.51322; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-08-1914; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ezbet-Naghl ; decimalLatitude: 31.1111; decimalLongitude: 32.1625; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 04-13-1922; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ezbet-Naghl ; decimalLatitude: 32.1111; decimalLongitude: 32.1625; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-06-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Alfieri; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ghezirah ; decimalLatitude: 30.012106; decimalLongitude: 31.21200; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-20-1920; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 04-21-1934; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 04-28-1934; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 05-26-1934; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Kafr Hakim ; decimalLatitude: 30.0808; decimalLongitude: 31.1164; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 10-17-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Kafr Hakim ; decimalLatitude: 30.0808; decimalLongitude: 31.1164; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-08-1927; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: L.H.G; sex: 2 males; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Maadi ; decimalLatitude: 29.957721; decimalLongitude: 31.25054; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-20-12; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 06-10-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 10-09-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 10-30-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: 05-07-1927; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Mansouriah ; decimalLatitude: 30.1236; decimalLongitude: 31.0725; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 08-22-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Mansouriah ; decimalLatitude: 30.1236; decimalLongitude: 31.0725; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-12-1926; 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/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Mansouriah ; decimalLatitude: 30.1236; decimalLongitude: 31.0725; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-12-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Mansouriah ; decimalLatitude: 30.1236; decimalLongitude: 31.0725; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 04-26-1930; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shafik; sex: 2 females; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Rafah ; decimalLatitude: 31.2667; decimalLongitude: 34.2333; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-17-1951; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Sakkara ; decimalLatitude: 29.849552; decimalLongitude: 31.2164; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-08-1917; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: El-Hawagry; sex: 1 male, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Al-Mekhwa ; decimalLatitude: 19.8429; decimalLongitude: 41.3115; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: May 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 03-17-1912; Record Level: institutionCode: MSHC

Distribution

AF: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"] (first record), South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen. PA: Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 2 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Balteem, Burg (March to August); Eastern Desert: Abu-Sueir, El-Mallah (= Mallah East), Fayed, Suez, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Morrah, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um-Elek, Wadi Zohleiga (March to August); Fayoum: Fayoum City, Kom Osheem, Tamiya (May to November); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Barrage, Edfina, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Magadlah, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Gezira, Giza, Helwan, Kafr Ghatati, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa, Maadi, Mansouriah, Orman, Pyramids, Sentris (throughout the year); Sinai: Rafah (August); Western Desert: Saqqara, Madinet El-Sadat, Wadi El-Natroun (June and October) [Sources: Kröber (1927), Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Al-Mekhwa (March) [Sources: collected material].

Notes

This species (Fig. 12 a) is recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 2. Local distribution map of Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen and Conops (Asiconops) nubeculipennis Bezzi in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.