Thecophora atra (Fabricius, 1775)

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa & Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, 2021, The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60287-60287 : 60287

Thecophora atra (Fabricius, 1775)

Myopa atra Fabricius, 1775: 799. Type locality: Denmark (Copenhagen).

Myopa annulata Fabricius, 1794: 399. Type locality: Italy.

Myopa maculata Meigen, 1804: 287. Type locality: France.

Myopa micans Meigen, 1804: 288. Type locality: France.

Myopa femorata Fabricius, 1805: 181. Type locality: Germany.

Occemya fulvifrons Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 134. Type locality: France.

Occemya meigeni Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 135. Type locality: France.

Occemya grisea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 137. Type locality: France.

Occemya lamarckii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 140. Type locality: France.

Occemya guerini Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 141. Type locality: France.

Occemya bigoti Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 142. Type locality: France.

Occemya brunipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 143. Type locality: France.

Occemya lucasi Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 144. Type locality: France.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569366; scientificName: Thecophora atra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Ezbet El-Nakhl ; decimalLatitude: 32.1111; decimalLongitude: 32.1625; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 04-25-1924; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Efflatoun; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569366; scientificName: Thecophora atra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Hawamdia ; decimalLatitude: 29.9092; decimalLongitude: 31.2615; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: August.1925; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Farag; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569366; scientificName: Thecophora atra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Egypt; locality: Helwan ; decimalLatitude: 29.8500; decimalLongitude: 31.3333; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 12-11-1934; Record Level: institutionCode: EFC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: El-Hawagry; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1569366; scientificName: Thecophora atra; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Conopidae; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Al-Aqiq ; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry; dateIdentified: June 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 4-20-2011; Record Level: institutionCode: MSHC

Distribution

AF: Saudi Arabia [as "South-western part"] (first record). OR: India, Sri Lanka. PA: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 10 ): EGYPT: Coastal Strip: Mariout (April and May); Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Ezbet El-Nakhl, Hawamdia, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Mazghouna (March to December) [Sources: Azmy et al. 2016 and museum material in EFC and ESEC]. SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Al-Aqiq (April) [Source: collected material].

Notes

This species (Fig. 12 b) is recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia and this is the first record in the Afrotropical Region considering the south-western part of Saudi Arabia to be affiliated with the Afrotropical Region.

Figures

Figure 10. Local distribution map of Thecophora atra (Fabricius) and Thecophora fulvipes (Robineau-Desvoidy) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.