Atissa pygmaea (Haliday, 1833)

Ephydra pygmaea Haliday, 1833: 174 . One Syntype, sex?. Northern Ireland (Down: Holywood) (NMID).

Distribution: AF: Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates. NE: USA (Alaska). PA: Algeria, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan (Honshu), Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria . Eastern Desert: Port Said, Suez . Fayoum:?. Lower Nile Valley & Delta : Cairo (Cresson, 1929: 176-177), Damietta, Mansouriya . Sinai: Wadi Gedeirat. Upper Nile Valley: Luxor, Qena .

Dates of collection: February to November.