Ceroxys urticae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 178-179

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scientific name	Ceroxys urticae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Ceroxys urticae ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Musca urticae Linnaeus, 1758: 600 View Cited Treatment . Unspecified type. Sweden (LSL).

Ceroxys euzonus Steyskal, 1968: 123 View in CoL . Holotype. Egypt (Alexandria: Nuzha ) ( EFC).

Distribution. PA: China, Egypt, eastern Siberia, and the Far East, Europe, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Cleopatra, Mahmoudiya, Mariout, Nuzha, Eastern Desert: Geneifa, Ghoubbet El-Bous, Ismailia, Ogret El-Sheikh, Port Said. Fayoum: Qaroun, Sennouris, Wadi El-Raiyan. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Giza, Helwan, Kerdassa, Qubba. Western Desert: Farafra Oasis, Wadi El-Natroun. Biology. Larvae of this species and all Ulidiid species, are thought to be saprophagous found in rotten plants or in dung and associated with wet meadow habitats. Sources: MacGowan & Freidberg (2008); Kameneva & Korneyev (2016).

Plants from which flies were swept. Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.), the true grasses ( Poaceae ), Egyptian clover ( Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and wild sugarcane ( Saccharum spontaneum L.). Dates of collection. March to December.