Sphaeniscus filiolus ( Loew, 1869 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 167-168

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scientific name	Sphaeniscus filiolus ( Loew, 1869 )
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Sphaeniscus filiolus ( Loew, 1869) View in CoL

Aciura filiola Loew, 1869: 12 View in CoL . Unspecified type. Spain (Andalusia) (ZMHB) Sphaeniscus brevicauda Becker, 1908: 138 View in CoL . Syntypes. Canary Is. (Tenerife) (ZMHB)

Spheniscomyia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1924b: 136 View in CoL . 4 Syntypes. Egypt (near Helwan, Wadis Hussein, Hoff , Rashid , Rishrash & Garawi ; & Suez Road) ( ESEC).

Distribution. AF: Ethiopia. PA: Canary Is., Egypt, s. Europe, Israel.

Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Burg, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Along Cairo-Suez Road, Wadies south east of

Cairo . Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Marg . Sinai Mt .

Host plants. Egyptian stachys ( Stachys aegyptiaca Pers. ) and lavender ( Lavandula coronopifolia Poir. ).

Dates of collection. February to August.

References

Efflatoun, H. C. (1924 b) Two newspecies of Spheniscomyia (Diptera, Trypaneidae) from Egypt. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 7, 132 - 139. [1923]

Loew, H. (1869) Revision der europaischen Trypetina. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 34 (7 / 8), 1 - 24.