Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 218

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929818

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scientific name

Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921
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Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921 View in CoL

Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921: 16 View in CoL . Type locality: “Tatahonina (Africa sept.?)”.

Eumerus muscidus of authors.

Material examined: 2 males, 4 females, Wadi Digla, 5.IV.1929 (Emerged V–VI from stem of Cistanche lutea ), leg. Efflatoun; 1 male, 1 female, Wadi Araba, Galala, 1.III.1926 (Em. 18.IV.1926 from Cistanche lutea Hoffmg ), leg. H.C.M. & M.T., specimens published in Efflatoun (1926) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978) [EFC]; 2 males, 2 females, El-Beheira, 4.III.1924, leg. Efflatoun [ESEC].

World distribution: AF:?. PA: Armenia, Egypt, Israel.

Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Galala (Wadi Araba), Wadi Gharba, Wadi Digla. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Benha, El-Beheira, El-Marg, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kirdassa, Kombera. Sinai: Ein Gedeiratm Wadi Firan. [Sources: Efflatoun (1926), Shaumar & Kamal (1978) and the examined museum material].

Activity period in Egypt: Throughout the year.

Remarks: Efflatoun (1926) bred this species from larvae infecting the stems of Cistanche lutea (= phelypaea ), a parasite of Haloxylon schweinfurthii [= Hammada elegans ] in Wadi Araba (South Galala Plateau).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Eumerus

Loc

Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis 2019
2019
Loc

Eumerus mucidus

Bezzi, M. 1921: 16
1921
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