Stichopogon deserti Theodor

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 : 150

Stichopogon deserti Theodor

( Figs 7 , 14A )

Stichopogon deserti Theodor, 1980: 154 .

Type-locality. "Sede Boger" (Palestine).

Diagnosis. Length: Body 4.5̄ 5.5 mm, wing 3.2̄ 3.9 mm. Small species; mystax white; antenna black; cell m3 short, narrowly open, with long basal stalk; pulvilli reduced, half as long as claws; abdomen with the spots less distinct than those in S. elegantulus .

Local distribution. Sinai, Eastern Desert, Lower Nile Valley.

Geographical distribution. Egypt, Jordan, Palestine.

Specimens examined. Wadi Garawi, 20.IV.1923 (1 ♀); Wadi Garawi, 21.IV.1923 (1 ♀); Wadi Zohleiga, 27.III.1925 (1 ♀); Wadi Dar El-Maskhara, 12.IV. 1 930 (2 ♀); Wadi Gedeirat, 8.V.1934 (1 ♂); Wadi Wirak, N. Galalah, 4.IV.1937 (3 ♂, 4 ♀); Wadi Rishrash, 16.IV.1938 (2 ♂, 5 ♀); Ein Gedeirat, 13-22.IV.1938 (2 ♀); Wadi Gedirate, 12-16.VII.1939 (1 ♀); Wadi El-Rabba, S. Sinai, 21-24.IV.1940 (1 ♂) ; Wadi El-Helwa, Sinai, 25.IV.1940 (1 ♀) ; Wadi El-Helwa, Sinai, 27.IV.1940 (1 ♀) ; Wadi El -Shallal, Abu Zeneima, 29.III.1941 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Wadi El- Lega, S. Sinai, 6.IX.1941 (1 ♂, 2 ♀) ( CUC) ; UAE, Sharjah x Khor Kalba near tunnel, 24-30.V.2006 (1 ♀) ; UAE, Al-Ajban, 22.X-9.XI.2005 (1 ♂) (BPC).

Remark. This species is recorded from Egypt for the first time. It is closely related to S. elegantulus (Wiedemann) but can be easily distinguished by the small body length, the length of the pulvilli, and the narrowed m3 cell.

Figures

FIGURE 7 Stichopogon deserti Theodor, habitus; A, B. (♀) body length = 5.5 mm; C. (♂) body length = 5.3 mm.

FIGURE 14 A, B. Wings. of Stichopogon deserti, S. elegantulus; C, D Last abdominal segments in female Stichopogon chrysostoma, S. scaliger Loew respectivily.