The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Author
El-Hawagry, Magdi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9162-5265
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
elhawagry@gmail.com
Author
Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5284-713X
Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, PO BOX 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Cairo, Egypt
ammsoliman@gmail.com
Author
Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-2332
Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, PO BOX 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2021
2021-01-13
9
60287
60287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287
1314-2828-9-e60287
52C8BC2A7CCF533DB094FCDE6B1515E8
Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen, 1804
Conops elegans
Meigen, 1804: 275. Type locality: France (Marseille).
Conops elegans var. fuscipennis
Macquart 1849: 472. Type locality: Algeria.
Conops algirus
Macquart 1849: 473. Type locality: Algeria (environs du Cercle de Lacalle).
Conopaejus aegyptiacus
Rondani, 1850: 167. Type locality: Egypt.
Conops fuscanipennis
Bigot, 1887: 32. Type locality: Italy (Sicily).
Conops elegans var. minutus
Kroeber
, 1916: 48. Type locality: Not given (Cyprus, Limassol in
Kroeber
1939
).
Materials
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Aly
; sex:
2 males
,
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Fayid
; decimalLatitude:
30.323823
; decimalLongitude:
32.30079
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
03-16-1959
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Farag
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
W. Garawi
; decimalLatitude:
29.7833
; decimalLongitude:
31.3167
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M.El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-06-1927
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Shafik & Str.
; sex:
1 male
,
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Girza
; decimalLatitude:
29.499684
; decimalLongitude:
31.07380
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-16-1952
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Str. & Sh.M.
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Tameyah
; decimalLatitude:
29.475479
; decimalLongitude:
30.95228
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
07-25-1948
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Tewfik
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Abu-Rawash
; decimalLatitude:
30.043845
; decimalLongitude:
31.0929
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-17-1925
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
2 males
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Abu-Rawash
; decimalLatitude:
30.043845
; decimalLongitude:
31.0929
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
09-16-1925
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Abu-Rawash
; decimalLatitude:
30.043845
; decimalLongitude:
31.0929
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
10-13-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Mistikawi
; sex:
2 males
,
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Edfina
; decimalLatitude:
31.29252
; decimalLongitude:
30.51322
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-08-1914
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Efflatoun
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Ezbet-Naghl
; decimalLatitude:
31.1111
; decimalLongitude:
32.1625
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
04-13-1922
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Tewfik
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-06-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Alfieri
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Ghezirah
; decimalLatitude:
30.012106
; decimalLongitude:
31.21200
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-20-1920
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Farag
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Helwan
; decimalLatitude:
29.8500
; decimalLongitude:
31.3333
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
04-21-1934
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Farag
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Helwan
; decimalLatitude:
29.8500
; decimalLongitude:
31.3333
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
04-28-1934
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Farag
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Helwan
; decimalLatitude:
29.8500
; decimalLongitude:
31.3333
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-26-1934
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
10-17-1925
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; 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: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-08-1927
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
L.H.G
; sex:
2 males
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Maadi
; decimalLatitude:
29.957721
; decimalLongitude:
31.25054
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-20-12
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Kerdassa
; decimalLatitude:
30.0297
; decimalLongitude:
31.1061
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-10-1925
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Kerdassa
; decimalLatitude:
30.0297
; decimalLongitude:
31.1061
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
10-09-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Kerdassa
; decimalLatitude:
30.0297
; decimalLongitude:
31.1061
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
10-30-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 male
,
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Kerdassa
; decimalLatitude:
30.0297
; decimalLongitude:
31.1061
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-07-1927
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Mansouriah
; decimalLatitude:
30.1236
; decimalLongitude:
31.0725
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
08-22-1925
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Farag
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Mansouriah
; decimalLatitude:
30.1236
; decimalLongitude:
31.0725
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-12-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
H.C.E & M.T.
; sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Mansouriah
; decimalLatitude:
30.1236
; decimalLongitude:
31.0725
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-12-1926
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
R.M.
; sex:
1 male
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Mansouriah
; decimalLatitude:
30.1236
; decimalLongitude:
31.0725
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
04-26-1930
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
Shafik
; sex:
2 females
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Rafah
; decimalLatitude:
31.2667
; decimalLongitude:
34.2333
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
05-17-1951
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
sex:
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Egypt
; locality:
Sakkara
; decimalLatitude:
29.849552
; decimalLongitude:
31.2164
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
06-08-1917
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
EFC
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence:
recordedBy:
El-Hawagry
; sex:
1 male
,
1 female
; lifeStage:
adult
;
Taxon:
taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/5076777; scientificName: Conops elegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae;
Location:
country:
Saudi Arabia
; locality:
Al-Mekhwa
; decimalLatitude:
19.8429
; decimalLongitude:
41.3115
;
Identification:
identifiedBy:
M. El-Hawagry
; dateIdentified: May 2020;
Event:
samplingProtocol:
Sweeping
; eventDate:
03-17-1912
;
Record Level:
institutionCode:
MSHC
Distribution
AF: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"] (first record), South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen. PA: Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.
Local distribution and dates of collection
(Fig.
2
): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Balteem, Burg (March to August); Eastern Desert: Abu-Sueir, El-Mallah (= Mallah East), Fayed, Suez, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Morrah, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um-Elek, Wadi Zohleiga (March to August); Fayoum: Fayoum City, Kom Osheem, Tamiya (May to November); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu-Rawash, Barrage, Edfina, El-Gebel El-Asfar, El-Magadlah, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Gezira, Giza, Helwan, Kafr Ghatati, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa, Maadi, Mansouriah, Orman, Pyramids, Sentris (throughout the year); Sinai: Rafah (August); Western Desert: Saqqara, Madinet El-Sadat, Wadi El-Natroun (June and October) [Sources:
Kroeber
(1927)
,
Azmy (2016)
and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Al-Mekhwa (March) [Sources: collected material].
Notes
This species (Fig.
12
a
) is recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia.