Physocephala variegata (Meigen, 1824)

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 variegata (Meigen, 1824)

Conops variegata Meigen, 1824: 132. Type locality: Austria & France.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: H.C.E & M.T.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Dar El-Maskhara ; decimalLatitude: 29.7833; decimalLongitude: 31.4167; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 04-29-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Wadi Digla ; decimalLatitude: 29.9578; decimalLongitude: 31.3348; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 07-25-1926; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Kassem; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Wadi Gharagid ; decimalLatitude: 28.9550; decimalLongitude: 31.4822; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 08-24-1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Wadi Hoff ; decimalLatitude: 29.8820558; decimalLongitude: 31.3109855; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-17-1928; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Tewfik; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Wadi Hoff ; decimalLatitude: 29.8820558; decimalLongitude: 31.3109855; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-06-1927; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Halaib ; decimalLatitude: 22.2203; decimalLongitude: 36.6427; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 01-12-1929; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: W. Ibib ; decimalLatitude: 22.83333; decimalLongitude: 35.76667; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 03-11-1928; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R.M.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Kafr Katati ; decimalLatitude: 30.004146; decimalLongitude: 31.121566; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-25-1927; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sh.M.; sex: 1 male, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569101; scientificName: Physocephala variegata; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ein Gedeirat ; decimalLatitude: 30.6500; decimalLongitude: 34.4333; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 06-25-1934; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC

Distribution

AF: Egypt [as "Gebel Elba"]. PA: Austria, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 7 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Mariout, Salloum (May to August); Eastern Desert: Abu Sueir, Geneifa, Wadi Digla, Wadi Dir El-Maskhara, Wadi Garrariyat, Wadi Gharagid, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Ibtadi, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um-Elek (April to August); Gebel Elba: Mersa Halaib, Wadi Edeib, Wadi Ibib (January to March); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Kafr Ghatati (May to July); Sinai: El-Arish, Wadi El-Daiqa, Wadi El-Rabba, Wadi Firan, Wadi Gedeirat (April to August) [Sources: Kröber (1927), Kröber (1929), Azmy (2016) and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: locality and date unknown [Source: Zimina (1963), Stuke (2017)].

Figures

Figure 7. Local distribution map of Physocephala variegata (Meigen) and Physocephala vittata (Fabricius) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.