Phycus rufofemoratus Kröber, 1913

Badrawy, Haitham B. M., 2013, A review of the genera Acathrito Lyneborg, Phycus Walker and Salentia Costa (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae) from Egypt, Zootaxa 3635 (4), pp. 491-497 : 494

Phycus rufofemoratus Kröber, 1913

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Phycus rufofemoratus Kröber, 1913: 11 . Type locality: "Arab. fel. Ehrbg.". Holotype female, Germany, Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität (ZMHB).

Paraphycus piceus Becker, 1922: 63 . Type locality: "Khartum 25.IV / Aegypt. Sudan /Ebner 1914". Holotype female, location not known (synonymy by Lyneborg 1978).

Local distribution. Lower Nile.

Geographical distribution. Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Mauritius, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.

Specimens examined. Cairo 10.X.1956 (1 male), Ain Shams 19.V.2010 (1 male) (ASUC); Fayoum Karoun 14.VIII.1948 (1 female), 29.VIII.1948 (1 male); Giza 2.X.1952 (1 male) (CUC); Kerdasa 11.VI.1933 (1 male) (MAC).

Remarks. Phycus rufofemoratus is here recorded in Egypt for the first time.