Lispe cilitarsis Loew, 1856

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2012, Revision of the Lispe longicollis-group (Diptera, Muscidae), ZooKeys 235, pp. 23-39 : 28-29

Lispe cilitarsis Loew, 1856 Figs 27

Material examined.

Syntype ♂, ZMHU, also seen by Hennig (1960: 426), [Egypt] Assyud [Asyut], Frauenfeld, 1♂.

Egypt: Sinai, 21.V.1981, A.Freidberg, 1♂ (TAUI); Cairo, 2♂♂, 1♀ (ZIN); Cairo, Port Said, Suez, Luxor, Aswan, 12♂♂, 6♀♀ (ZMHU).

Ethiopia: Amhara, Tana Lake env., 1800m asl, 11.54°N, 37.39°E, 2-4.VIII.2012, NV, 2♂♂; Oromia, Ziway L., 1640m asl, 7.91°N, 38.73°E, 11-13.III.2012, NV, 1♂.

Israel: Ma’agan Michael, 28.VII.1964, A.Valdenberg, 19♂♂, 20♀♀ (TAUI); Eilat env., 24.X.2011, NV, 10♂♂, 9♀♀.

Morocco: Tan-Tan prov., Draa R., 28.528°N, 10.947°W, 11.V.2012, NV, 1♂, 1♀.

Distribution.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Morocco. Also reliably known from Saudi Arabia and Oman ( Pont 1991). In Ethiopia Lispe cilitarsis seems uncommon and restricted to northern regions in comparison with resembling Lispe ethiopica sp. nov., so specimens from Africa should be re-examined and so far I regard other Afrotropical records as doubtful.