Atrichopogon luteicollis (Becker, 1903)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., El-Azab, Salah El-Din A., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2020, Biting midges of Egypt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 52357-52357 : 52357

Atrichopogon luteicollis (Becker, 1903)

Ceratopogon luteicollis Becker, 1903 [ Becker 1903: 74]. Type locality: Egypt (Asswan).

Ceratopogon flavoscutellatus Becker, 1908 [ Becker 1908: 74] (preoccupied by Dasyhelea flavoscutellata ( Zetterstedt 1850). Type locality: Canary Islands (Spain).

Atrichopogon atriscapula : Macfie 1924 [ Macfie 1924: 63], (= Atrichopogon atriscapulus Kieffer, 1918), nec Kieffer 1918b: 45.

Atrichopogon aegyptius Kieffer, 1925 [ Kieffer 1925c: 250]. Type locality: Egypt.

Atrichopogon phrixus de Meillon, 1943 [ De Meillon 1943: 105]. Type locality: South Africa.

Atrichopogon sanani Boorman & van Harten, 2002 [ Boorman and van Harten 2002: 434]. Type locality: Yemen.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: personal collection of El-Hawagry; Taxon: scientificName: Atrichopogonluteicollis (Becker, 1903); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Ceratopogonidae; Location: continent: Africa; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Giza; locality: El-Hager ; Event: eventDate: 15 Aug 1996

Distribution

AF: South Africa, Sudan, Yemen. PA: Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Israel, Spain.

Local distribution in Egypt: Fayoum: Shakshook. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Cairo, El-Hager (Mansheyet El-Qanatir), Maadi (at border of the Nile). Upper Nile Valley: Asswan, Beni Hassan, Dendera, Edfu, Girga, Luxor. El Sammaneen (Luxor). Western Desert: El-Bustan.

Dates of collection in Egypt: August to December.