The family Oestridae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera, Oestroidea)

By

El-Hawagry, Magdi
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Al Dhafer, Hathal

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

947

Pages

113--142

Subjects

activity periods , bot flies , Distribution , gad flies , heel flies , hosts , localities , Parasites , Warble flies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.947.52317

 

Abstract

All known taxa of the family Oestridae (superfamily Oestroidea) in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are systematically catalogued herein. Three oestrid subfamilies have been recorded in Saudi Arabia and/or Egypt by six genera:Gasterophilus(Gasterophilinae),Hypoderma,Przhevalskiana(Hypodermatinae),Cephalopina,Oestrus, andRhinoestrus(Oestrinae). FiveGasterophilusspp. have been recorded in Egypt, namely,G. haemorrhoidalis(Linnaeus),G. intestinalis(De Geer),G. nasalis(Linnaeus),G. nigricornis(Loew), andG. pecorum(Fabricius). Only two of these species have also been recorded in Saudi Arabia, namely:G. intestinalis(De Geer) andG. nasalis(Linnaeus). The subfamily Hypodermatinae is represented in the two countries by only four species in two genera, namely,H. bovis(Linnaeus) andH. desertorumBrauer (in Egypt only), andH. lineatum(Villers) (in Saudi Arabia only) andPrzhevalskiana silenus(Brauer) (in both countries). The subfamily Oestrinae is represented by two widely distributed species in both countries, namely,C. titillator(Clark) andO. ovis(L.), in addition to another species represented in Egypt only,R. purpureus(Brauer). For each species, synonymies, type localities, distribution, Egyptian and Saudi Arabian localities with coordinates, and collection dates are presented.