Eumerus mucidus Bezzi, 1921
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:959CC8F8-E214-4A56-9343-CBCC2CBD43DD |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929818 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF8E-8B39-8585-DEA7FB4C33BB |
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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).
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