A new species and an updated checklist of the genus Spogostylum Macquart (Bombyliidae: Diptera) from Egypt

Abstract Species of the genus Spogostylum are ectoparasitoids of solitary bees and wasps (order: Hymenoptera), Meloidae (order: Coleoptera), and immature stages of Pyralidae (order: Lepidoptera). Some species were also recorded as predators of egg pods of Acrididae (order: Orthoptera). Spogostylum niphasoides sp. nov. was collected from South Sinai, Egypt. It is described in the present study where it differs from closely related species in having all hairs and bristles mostly white, except some few hairs on outer side of pedicel, short spines on legs, and short hairs on costal margin of wing which are black. Also, antennae and legs mostly yellowish-brown, tibial spines short, about half the tibial width, and the male genitalia are obviously distinctive, having the aedeagal sheath with a broad and complicated tip, enclosing the aedeagal tip. An updated checklist of the Egyptian Spogostylum spp. is provided

Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2017): Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae). Zootaxa 4299 (2): 151-190, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.

Review of the genus Pachyanthrax François (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt, with description of two new species

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2018): Review of the genus Pachyanthrax François (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4375 (4): 502-510, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.4.

FIGURES 1–3. Antonia fedtschenkoi. 1 in The genus AnTonia Loew in Egypt: A. gabalensis El-Hawagry, a new synonym of A. feDTschenkoi Loew (Antoniinae, Bombyliidae, Diptera)

FIGURES 1–3. Antonia fedtschenkoi. 1. male habitus, dorsal view; 2. male genitalia, postero-ventral view; 3. male genitalia, lateral view; 4–6. Antonia suavissima. 4. male habitus, dorsal view; 5. male genitalia, ventral view; 6. male genitalia, latero-dorsal view

The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. (2019): The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). Zootaxa 4590 (1): 59-94, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.

Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera)

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Gilbert, Francis (2019): Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera). Zootaxa 4577 (2): 201-248, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.

Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia

El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. (2014): Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 3872 (4): 387-392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.

FIGURES 2 – 5 in Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia

FIGURES 2 – 5. Phthiria sharafi sp. nov.: 2. holotype male habitus, lateral view; 3. same, head, frontal view; 4. paratype female habitus, lateral view; 5. same, dorsal view

Effects of Climatic Change on Potential Distribution of Spogostylum ocyale (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in the Middle East Using Maxent Modelling

Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann 1828) is a large robust species of bee fly (family Bombyliidae), known to be a larval ectoparasitoid as well as an important flower pollinator as an adult. This species has become extremely rare or has disappeared from many of its historic habitats due to substantial changes in floral and faunal compositions in recent years. Climate change and urbanisation, together with other anthropogenic activities, may be to blame for these changes. Distribution modelling based on environmental variables together with known occurrences is a powerful tool in analytical biology, with applications in ecology, evolution, conservation management, epidemiology and other fields. Based on climatological and topographic data, the current and future distributions of the parasitoid in the Middle East region was predicted using the maximum entropy model (Maxent). The model performance was satisfactory (AUC mean = 0.834; TSS mean = 0.606) and revealed a good potential distribution for S. ocyale featured by the selected factors. A set of seven predictors was chosen from 19 bioclimatic variables and one topographic variable. The results show that the distribution of S. ocyale is mainly affected by the maximum temperature of the warmest period (Bio5) and temperature annual range (Bio7). According to the habitat suitability map, coastal regions with warm summers and cold winters had high to medium suitability. However, future scenarios predict a progressive decline in the extent of suitable habitats with global climate warming. These findings lead to robust conservation management measures in current or future conservation planning

The tribe Anthracini Latreille (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Biology Vol.2 2000: 97-11