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The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea)
Magdi El-Hawagry1, Hathal Mohammed Al Dhafer2, Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem2
1Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University Giza Egypt.
Background:
This study systematically catalogues all known taxa of the family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order in both countries.
New Information:
Twenty species, belonging to seven genera and three subfamilies (Pachygastrinae, Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae), are treated. One of these genera, Oplodontha and two species, Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew and Oxycera turcica Üstüner & Hasbenli, are recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia. A lectotype for Nemotelus matrouhensis Mohammad et al., 2009 is designated. An updated classification, synonymies, type localities, world and local distributions, dates of collection and some coloured photographs are provided.
