Capitites augur ( Frauenfeld, 1857 )

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa 4299 (2), pp. 151-190 : 169-170

Capitites augur ( Frauenfeld, 1857)

Trupanea augur Frauenfeld, 1857: 557 . Syntypes. Egypt (Sinai: Tor ) ( NHMW). Type missing (V. Korneyev, personal communication).

Trypanea kingi Bezzi, 1924b: 145 . Syntypes. Sudan ( Kodroko ) ( BMNH).

Trypanea (Goniurellia) ensina Hendel, 1927a: 200 . Holotype. Egypt (Luxor) ( NHMW).

Trypanea rostrata Hendel, 1931b: 11 . Holotype. Sudan ( Egypt: Wadi Beida ) ( ESEC).

Distribution. AF: Cape Verde Is., Eritrea, Sudan. OR: India. PA: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia.

Egyptian localities. Egyptian localities. Common throughout the country, particularly in: Coastal Strip:

Alexandria, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh, Nuzha. Eastern Desert: Fayed, Gebel Asfar, Ghoubet El-Boos, Port Said,

Serapium, Suez Road, Wadi Abu Nossour, Wadi Garawi, Wadi Gharagid, Wadi Hoff, Wadi Rashid, Wadi Rishrash,

Wadi Um Biar (Near Qussair), Wadi Um Elek, Wadi Zohleiga. Gebel Elba: Wadi Aideib. Lower Nile Valley and

Delta: Abu Rawash, Barrage, Cairo, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Faraskour, Giza, Helwan, Kafr Hakim, Kerdassa, Maadi,

Maxghouna, Shubra, Tisfa, Wardan. Sinai: Ain Gedeirat, Taba, Wadi Gedeirat, Wadi Tih. Western Desert: Kharga Oasis, Siwa, Wadi El-Natroun. Upper Nile Valley: Aswan, Komombo. Host plants. Fleabane ( Pulicaria crispa (Forssk.) Oliv. ). Source: Freidberg & Kugler (1989). Other plants from which flies were swept. Zygophyllum ( Zygophyllum coccineum L.). Source: Efflatoun (1924a).

Dates of collection. Throughout the year.