The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea)

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-03-22

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--38

Subjects

dates of collection , local distribution , new records , soldier-flies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e64212
eLocator: e64212

 

Abstract

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.<br> 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 &amp;amp; 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 coloured photographs are provided.