Stichopogon beckeri Bezzi

Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Gad Allah, Sohair M., Soliman, Ahmed M., Salama, Mohamed S. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2017, Review of robber flies of the genus Stichopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Stichopogoninae) from Egypt, Zootaxa 4242 (1), pp. 142-160 : 148

Stichopogon beckeri Bezzi

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Stichopogon beckeri Bezzi, 1910: 44 .

Type locality. Egypt (Alexandria).

Diagnosis. Length. Body 6̄ 7 mm, wing 4.5̄ 5.3 mm. Small blackish species; mystax consisting of white bristles; antenna blackish; thorax with greyish-white tomentum; legs black, covered with dense white tomentum, claws black with reddish-yellow base; cell m3 open; abdomen black, tergites 1, 4, 5, 8 with transverse bands of white tomentum.

Local distribution. Coastal Strip, Eastern Desert, Lower Nile Valley.

Geographical distribution. Cape Verde, Egypt.

Specimens examined. Burg El-Arab, 20.V.1927 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Hammam RD, Mariout, 9.IV.1952 (2 ♂, 2 ♀) (CUC); Geneifa, 18.V.1925 (1 female det. by Efflatoun); Abu souer, 12.VI.1925 (2 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Kir ; 6.IX.1925 (1 female det. by Efflatoun); Wasfia, 16.IX.1925 (2 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Nakhla, 27.IX.1926 (1 female det. by Efflatoun); Salloum, 11.VIII.1926 (2 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Burg, 20.V.1927 (3 ♂, 1 ♀, det. by Engel & Efflatoun) Mirsa Matrouh, VIII.1930 (1 ♀) (ESEC).

Figures

FIGURE 5 Stichopogon beckeri Bezzi, habitus; A, B (♀) body length = 7.1 mm & C, D (♂) body length = 6 mm.