Acanthiophilus helianthi ( Rossi, 1790 )

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

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006746

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scientific name

Acanthiophilus helianthi ( Rossi, 1790 )
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Acanthiophilus helianthi ( Rossi, 1790) View in CoL

Musca helianthi Rossi, 1794: 73 . Syntypes. Italy ( Etruria ) ( ZMHB).

Trypeta eluta Meigen, 1826: 344 . Syntypes. France ; Portugal; Germany ( MNHNP).

Distribution. AF: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan. OR: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand. PA: Afghanistan, Andorra, Canary Is., Central Asia, China (Xinjiang, Beijing), Egypt, Europe, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan, Madeira Is., Mongolia, Russia, Tunisia.

Egyptian localities. Common throughout the country, particularly in: Coastal Strip: Alexandria, El-Burg, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh, Nuzha. Gebel Elba. Eastern Desert: Port Said, Suez Road, Suez Road, Wadi Abu Nossour, Wadi Digla, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rashid, Wadi Rishrash, Wadi Um Biar (Near Qussair), Wadi Um Elek. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Abu Rawash, Birqash, Cairo, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa. Sinai: Ain Gedeirat, Wadi Tih. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Siwa. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan, Komombo.

Host plants. Brown knapweed ( Centaurea jacea L.), cornflower ( Centaurea cyanus L.), Egyptian starthistle ( Centaurea aegyptiaca L.), jersey knapweed ( Centaurea paniculata L.), knapweed ( Centaurea pallescens Delile ), illyrian thistle ( Onopordum illyricum L.), milk thistle [ Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.], safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.) aan stemless star-thistle ( Centaurea acaulis L.). Sources: Efflatoun (1924a); Kugler & Freidberg (1976); Freidberg & Kugler (1989).

Dates of collection. Throughout the year.

MNHNP

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Genus

Acanthiophilus

Loc

Acanthiophilus helianthi ( Rossi, 1790 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. 2017
2017
Loc

Trypeta eluta

Meigen 1826: 344
1826
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