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 text 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.