Catalogue of the Egyptian Ephydroidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Author Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz Author Ebrahim, Ayman M. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-10 4444 3 201 246 journal article 29707 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.1 dfbf09a6-f532-41a3-9087-57f8543d71bd 1175-5326 1309626 F78C6C44-0008-4DCA-B802-AB783A8767F3 Hydrellia prosternalis Deeming, 1977 Hydrellia prosternalis Deeming, 1977: 338 . Holotype , male. Nigeria ( Ibadan ) ( BMNH ). Distribution: AF: Ghana , Ivory Coast , Kenya , Nigeria . PA: Egypt . Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Ismailiya, Port Said. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: All Delta. [This species is recorded from rice fields ( Isa et al . 1979 ; Sherif et al . 1997 & 1999 ; Soliman et al . 1997 ; Sherif et al . 2005 )]. Dates of collection: May to August.