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Issue: Vol. 1630 No. 1: 5 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1630.1.4
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of the tribe Aphoebantini Becker (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with description of a new species

Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Diptera Bombyliidae Aphoebantini Cononedys bilobatoides Egypt lectotypes

Abstract

A review of the tribe Aphoebantini Becker from Egypt is given. The study recorded five species under two genera, one of the species (Cononedys bilobatoides spec. nov) is described and illustrated as new. Three of the four remaining species were originally described from Egypt by Bezzi (1925), namely: Aphoebantus wadensis Bezzi, Aphoebantus dichromatopa Bezzi, and Aphoebantus efflatouni Bezzi. Lectotypes and paralectotypes for these species are designated herein. The fifth species (Aphoebantus escheri Bezzi, 1908) was described from Algeria, and recorded only in Algeria and Egypt. A key to the genera and species of Aphoebantini, is provided.

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