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 Hecamedoides costatus ( Loew, 1860 ) Hecamede costata Loew, 1860 : 14 . Syntypes , females. Turkey ( Constantinople ) ( ZMHB ). Distribution: AF: Cape Verde Islands, Kenya , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Sudan , United Arab Emirates . PA: Algeria , Austria , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czechia , Egypt , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Poland , Romania , Spain , Turkey . Egyptian localities: Eastern Desert: Abu-Sueir, El-Qusair, Ghobbet El-Bous, Ismailyia, Safaga. Gebel Elba: Shalatin, Wadi Salat . Lower Nile Valley & Delta : Kerdassa, Mansouryia . Upper Nile Valley : Assiout , Asswan , Luxor . Dates of collection: December to April.