Thecophora distincta

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2015, New Conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera). Part 1: Paramyopa Kröber, Pseudoconops Camras, Stylogaster Macquart, Thecophora Rondani, and Zodion Latreille, Zootaxa 3963 (2), pp. 101-159 : 110

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6097879
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scientific name	Thecophora distincta
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Thecophora distincta View in CoL (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824)

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Material. ETHIOPIA: 2♀, 10.xii.1989, Mt. Managesha, 3000m, leg. A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan, coll. TAUI.

Discussion. Camras (2001) first published these two females of Thecophora distincta from Ethiopia. This remains the only record of this species from the Afrotropical Region. Thecophora distincta is widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region.