Ruppellia Wiedemann, 1830

Badrawy, Haitham B. M. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2011, Review of Ruppellia Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Therevidae) in the Middle East, Zootaxa 3097, pp. 35-44 : 36

Genus Ruppellia Wiedemann, 1830

Ruppellia Wiedemann, 1830: 625 . Type-species: Ruppellia semiflava Wiedemann, 1830 ; by monotypy

Rüppellia unjustified emendation (incorrect spelling): Kröber, 1912; Kröber, 1913

Rüppelia unjustified emendation (incorrect spelling): Kröber, 1912

Rueppellia unjustified emendation (incorrect spelling): Becker, 1912; Kröber, 1925; Kröber, 1929; Kröber, 1937

Cataclinoneurum Becker, 1912: 310 . Type-species: Cataclinoneurum alexandrinum Becker, 1912 ; by monotypy [= thoracica ( Macquart, 1840) ]. (Synonymy by Kröber 1924).

Remarks. Two species are found in the Egyptian fauna ( Ruppellia semiflava Wiedemann and R. thoracica (Macquart)) . Ruppellia pallida Kröber, 1929 and R. subapicalis Lyneborg, 1983 are newly synonymized with R. semiflava as well as Thereva nuda Loew, 1856 is newly synonymized with R. thoracica .

The number of dorsocentral setae is from 1-9 (not 0-5) based on the examination of many specimens of semiflava from different localities such as Egypt, Oman, UAE and Yemen and on reexamination of the types in CUC: female type specimen of R. pallida Kröber and male type specimen of R. subapicalis Lyneborg.

Included species. Ruppellia semiflava Wiedemann, 1830 ; Ruppellia thoracica ( Macquart, 1840) .