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Palpomya ruficeps

Description

Palpomya ruficeps (Enderlein, 1912)

Platystoma ruficeps Enderlein, 1912: 370. Holotype. Ethiopia (PAN). Distribution. AF: Egypt [Gebel Elba], Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda. Egyptian localities. Gebel Elba:?.

Dates of collection. March and April.

Remark. This Afrotropical species was listed as recorded from Egypt by Steyskal and El-Bialy (1967), however it is not represented in the Egyptian insect collections and its presence in Egypt is uncertain.

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 page 158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/843233

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Platystomatidae
Genus
Palpomya
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Enderlein
Species
ruficeps
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Palpomya ruficeps (Enderlein, 1912) sec. El-Hawagry, 2017

References

  • Enderlein, G. (1912) Loxoneurinen und Ortalinen aus Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 33, 363 - 378.