Metasphenisca haematopoda (Bezzi 1924)

Aciura tetrachaeta var. haematopoda Bezzi, 1924a: 512 . Syntypes. South Africa (Natal: Zululand, M’fongosi) (SAMCT). Distribution. AF: Namibia, Sudan. PA: Egypt.

Egyptian localities. Gebel Elba.

Host plants. Hosts of Metashenisca spp. include Blepharis spp., that are suspected to be the hosts of this species (Munro 1947; Freidberg & Kugler 1989).

Dates of collection. January.