Antonia suavissima Loew 1856

Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856 (Figs 4–6)

Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856: 30. Type locality: Egypt (Holotype in ZMHB).

Dimorphophora syrphoides Walker, 1871: 272. Type locality: Egypt (Type lost in NHMUK).

Distribution. AFROTROPICAL: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen. PALAEARCTIC: Algeria, Egypt, Italy (Sicily), Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Egyptian localities. Eastern Desert: Common in different wadies in Eastern Desert. Sinai: Firan, Gebel Serbal, Wadi El-Sheikh, Wadi Gebal. Gebel Elba.

Dates of collection: March to September.

Diagnosis. Immediately behind the ocellar tubercle, vertex with two pale yellow spots; face entirely pale yellow except for an oblong black spot at the center of the concavity at its upper part; middle portion at upper part of frons, scape and pedicel with some erect short black hairs; facial cone brownish at tip; cell r5 closed just before the wing margin; scutum brownish black; scutellum pale yellow with the base apparently black; abdomen colored yellowish orange, brownish orange and black, without a conspicuous banded appearance; gonostyli triangular, slightly curved, with a rounded apex; aedeagal sheath wide, flattened and tapering.

Material examined. 1 male, W. El-Lega (South Sinai) 6–9.1943 (Efflatoun); 3 males, 3 females, Gebel Elba (South Eastern Desert), 16.3 to end of April 1929 (Tewfik); 1 male, 1 female, W. El-Sheikh (South Sinai), 21– 27.4.1934 (Efflatoun) (EFC); 1 male, 1 female, W. Gebal (South Sinai) 21.7.1997 (Magdi) (Personal collection).