Melanostoma scalare (FABRICIUS, 1794)

Norfolk, Olivia & Dathe, Holger H., 2019, Filling the Egyptian pollinator knowledge-gap: checklist of flower-visiting insects in South Sinai, with new records for Egypt, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (1), pp. 175-184 : 179

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.175-184
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF87D8-FFEC-FFA6-FF1C-2FB0EBCF293B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Melanostoma scalare (FABRICIUS, 1794)
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Melanostoma scalare (FABRICIUS, 1794) View in CoL

Material: April 2012 – Sheik a Wad 28°38'N, 33°53'E (1 specimen, sex unknown), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 specimen, sex unknown). F.G GoogleMaps .

Details: Observed foraging on O. baccatus and Eruca sativa MILL.

Distribution: Western Europe. First record for Egypt.

Family: Tephritidae