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Issue: Vol. 4242 No. 1: 9 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.7
Page range: 142–160
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Review of robber flies of the genus Stichopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Stichopogoninae) from Egypt

Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O.BOX 2460, Riyadh 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, P.O.Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Diptera biodiversity new records Palaearctic region distribution key to species

Abstract

The Egyptian fauna of the asilid genus Stichopogon Loew is revised. Nine species are recognized including two new records, Stichopogon deserti Theodor, 1980 and S. scaliger Loew, 1847. A key to species, lists of material examined and their distribution are included. The occurrence of S. maroccanus in Egypt is discussed and clarified.

 

 

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