The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea)
Citation
El-Hawagry M (2021). The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e64212 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-28.Description
This study systematically catalogues all known taxa of the family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order in both countries.Twenty species belonging to seven genera and three subfamilies (Pachygastrinae, Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae) are treated. One of these genera, Oplodontha, and two species, Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew and Oxycera turcica Üstüner & Hasbenli, are recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia. A lectotype for Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al., 2009 is designated. An updated classification, synonymies, type localities, world and local distributions, dates of collection and some colored photographs are provided.Taxonomic Coverages
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Magdi El-Hawagryoriginator
position: Prof
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
Giza
EG
email: elhawagry@gmail.com
Magdi El-Hawagry
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position: Prof
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
Giza
EG
email: elhawagry@gmail.com
Magdi El-Hawagry
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position: Prof
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
Giza
EG
email: elhawagry@gmail.com