Silba virescens Macquart, 1851

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 157

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scientific name	Silba virescens Macquart, 1851
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Silba virescens Macquart, 1851: 277 . Reunion (Type depository unknown).

Lonchaea aristella Becker, 1903: 129 . Unspecified type. Egypt (Cairo, Assyut & Luxor) ( ZMHB). Distribution. AF: Democratic Republic of Congo ( Zaire), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania. PA: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria.

Egyptian localities. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Cairo, Giza. Upper Nile Valley: Assiout, Luxor. Host plants. Sorghum ( Sorghum cernuum Willd. ). Source: MacGowan & Freidberg (2008). OTHER Plants from which flies were swept. Fig ( Ficus carica L.), maize ( Zea mays L.), and sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.).

Dates of collection. April to December.

References

MacGowan, I. & Freidberg, A. (2008) The Lonchaeidae (Diptera) of Israel, with descriptions of three new species. Israel Journal of Entomology, 38, 61 - 92.

Macquart, J. P. M. (1851) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4 e supplement. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille, 1850, 134 - 294.