Physocephala pusilla (Meigen, 1804)

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa & Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, 2021, The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60287-60287 : 60287

Physocephala pusilla (Meigen, 1804)

Conops pusilla Meigen, 1824: 280. Type locality: Germany (Frankreich).

Conops lacera Meigen, 1824: 130. Type locality: Austria.

Conops pumila Macquart, 1835: 26. Type locality: France.

Conops persica Becker, 1913: 609. Type locality: Iran.

Conops punctithorax Becker, 1913: 611. Type locality: Iran.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568897; scientificName: Physocephala pusilla; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845; decimalLongitude: 31.092932; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-26-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568897; scientificName: Physocephala pusilla; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Abu-Rawash ; decimalLatitude: 30.043845; decimalLongitude: 31.092932; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 07-18-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Bdair; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568897; scientificName: Physocephala pusilla; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ezbet-Naghl ; decimalLatitude: 32.1111; decimalLongitude: 32.1625; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-06-1916; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1568897; scientificName: Physocephala pusilla; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Kafr Hakim ; decimalLatitude: 30.0808; decimalLongitude: 31.1164; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-20-1930; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC

Distribution

PA: Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Europe (widespread), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan.

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 6 ): EGYPT: Eastern Desert: Cairo-Suez Road, El-Wasfia, Geneifa, Wadi Digla, Wadi Gharagid (April to September); Fayoum: Fayoum City, Kom Osheem (March to October); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Ashmoun, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Kafr Hakim, Maadi, Mansouriah, Pyramids (April to October); Sinai: Wadi El-Lega, Wadi El-Rabba, Wadi Firan, Wadi Isla, Wadi Khoshbi (April to August); Western Desert: Madinet El-Sadat, Siwa Oasis (July to October) [Sources: Zalat et al. (2008), Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: locality and date unknown [Source: Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993) as Conops lacera ].

Figures

Figure 6. Local distribution map of Physocephala chrysorrhoea (Meigen) and Physocephala pusilla (Meigen) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.