Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Gilbert, Francis, 2019, Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera), Zootaxa 4577 (2), pp. 201-248 : 217

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929812

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC77878C-FF8F-8B38-8585-DC8BFB4F350D

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scientific name

Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926
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Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926 View in CoL

Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926: 297 View in CoL . Type locality: Egypt (South Galala Plateau: Wadi Araba).

Material examined: 3 females, Wadi Araba , Galala (Em. 18.IV.1926 from Cistanche lutea Hoffmg ), leg. Efflatoun ; 7 males, 1 female, Wadi Digla , 5.IV.1929 (Em. X–XI.1929. from stem of Cistanche lutea ), leg. Efflatoun [EFC].

World distribution: AF: UAE. PA: Egypt, Israel.

Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Galala (Wadi Araba), Wadi Digla, Wadi El-Ghoul. Sinai: Wadi Gedeirat, Wadi Tlah (St. Catherine). Western Desert: Siwa. [Sources: Efflatoun (1926) and Shaumar & Kamal (1978)].

Activity period in Egypt: February to November.

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 cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926

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

Eumerus cistanchei

Efflatoun, H. C. 1926: 297
1926
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