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Dasiops latifrons

Description

Dasiops latifrons (Meigen, 1826)

Lonchaea latifrons Meigen, 1826: 308. Germany (type unknown).

Lonchaea parvicornis Meigen, 1826: 307. Germany (type unknown). Lonchaea crepidarius Meigen, 1826: 309. Germany (type unknown). Chortophila lasiophthalmus Macquart, 1835a: 329. Unspecified type. France (Bordeaux) (?MNHNP).

Lasiops aenescens Meigen, 1838: 324. Unjustified new name.

Lasiophtalma nigrovirescens Lioy, 1864: 992. Unjustified new name.

Dasiops loncheus Rondani, 1874: 272. Unspecified type. Italy (Parma) (?MZLS). Distribution. PA: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Morocco, Southern Europe, from France and Spain to the Middle East and Middle Asia.

Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Alexandria, Burg, Dekheila, Mariout. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Cairo, El- Gebel El-Asfar, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Helwan, Maadi, Qubba.

Host plants. Unknown in Egypt. Recorded from Europe as bred from elongate stem galls formed on the grasses Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae). Source: MacGowan & Freidberg (2008). Dates of collection. November to May.

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on pages 155-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lonchaeidae
Genus
Dasiops
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meigen
Species
latifrons
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Dasiops latifrons (Meigen, 1826) sec. El-Hawagry, 2017

References

  • Meigen, J. W. (1826) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Funfter Theil. Schulz, Hamm, 412 pp.
  • Macquart, P. J. M. (1835 a) Description d'un nouveau genre d'Insectes Dipteres de la familie des Notacanthes. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille, 1834, 504 - 509.
  • Meigen, J. W. (1838) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Siebenter Theil oder Supplementband. Schulz, Hamm, 434 pp.
  • Lioy, P. (1864) I ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale. Atti del Reale Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Series 3, 9, 989 - 1027.
  • Rondani, C. (1874) Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum (Muscaria Rndn.) collectae et observatae. Stirps XXII. Loncheinae. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 6, 243 - 274.
  • MacGowan, I. & Freidberg, A. (2008) The Lonchaeidae (Diptera) of Israel, with descriptions of three new species. Israel Journal of Entomology, 38, 61 - 92.