Stichopogon chrysostoma Schiner
Creators: name: Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M.
name: Badrawy, Haitham B. M.
name: Gad Allah, Sohair M.
name: Soliman, Ahmed M.
name: Salama, Mohamed S.
name: Mohammad, Salwa K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Stichopogon
Stichopogon chrysostoma

description: Stichopogon chrysostoma Schiner
(Figs 6, 14 C)
Stichopogon chrysostoma Schiner, 1867: 364. Stichopogon lucidiventris Becker, 1902: 3.
Type locality. Egypt (Alexandria).
Diagnosis. Length: Body 6̄ 10 mm, wing 3.5̄ 5.8 mm. Mystax golden-yellow to golden-brown; antenna reddish-yellow; scutellum with thin vertical hairs at the margin; legs blackish except base of tibia and tarsi brownish, claws black with reddish-brown base, pulvilli normal; cell m3 open; abdomen shining brownish-black with dense greyish-yellow tomentum on tergites 1¯5.
Local distribution. Common in all Egyptian ecological zones.
Geographical distribution. Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Kazakhstan, Libya, Middle Asia, Mongolia, Palestine, Russia, Turkey.
Specimens examined. Balteem, 2.VIII.1945 (1 ♀); Mirsa Matrouh, VIII.1953 (1 ♂); Gabel Asfar, 27.IX.1954 (1 ♂); Mirsa Matrouh, 28.IX.1954 (1 ♀); Mirsa Matrouh, 20.VIII.1955 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Ismailia, Manaif, 17.VIII.2007 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); El-Arish, Zranique, 12.VII.2008 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Hurghada, 12-13.V.2013 (2 ♀); Bahariya Oasis, El-Euon, 26-28.IX.2013 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Fayoum, Kom Oshiem, 9-11.VIII.2014 (2 ♀) (ASUC); Mirsa Matrouh, VII, VIII. 1931 (1 ♀); Ein Moweleh, 30.V ̄ 1.VI.1938 (9 ♂, 16 ♀); Wadi Gedeirat, 6̄ 10.VII.1938 (1 ♂); Wadi Gedeirat, 12- 16.VII.1939 (24 ♂, 29 ♀); Wadi El-Rabba, Sinai, 21-24.IV.1940 (1 ♀); Fayoum, 23.IV.1943 (1 ♂); Fayoum, 30.IV.1943 (4 ♀); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 3.V.1943 (1 ♀); Fayoum, 19.V.1945 (2 ♂, 1 ♀); Fayoum, 2.IV.1946 (1 ♀); Fayoum, 9.IV.1946 (2 ♂, 2 ♀); Fayoum, Mallah, 20.III.1947 (1 ♀); Fayoum, Girza Route, 24. III.1 947 (1 ♀); Fayoum, Girza Route, 31.III.1947 (2 ♂, 2 ♀); Fayoum, El-Qather, 7.IV.1947 (2 ♀); Fayoum, Girza Route, 28.IV.1947 (1 ♂); Ismalia, 22.VIII.1948 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Ismalia, 5.IX.1948 (1 ♀); Shabramant, 26.III.1950 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Fayoum, Girza Route, 9.IV.1950 (1 ♀); Fayoum, Tamiya, 21.IV.1950 (1 ♀) (CUC); Mex, 26.VI.1921 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Kir, 22.VII.1921 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 20.IV.1924 (2 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Dekhela, 20.VIII.1924 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Souer, 17.V.1925 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Geneifa, 13.VI.1925 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Kir, 6.IX.1925 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Gendali, 13.VI.1926 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Salloum, 11.VIII.1926 (1 mle det. by Efflatoun); Halaib, Red Sea Coast, 15.III.-30. IV.1 928 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Halaib, 15.V.1929 (2 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Gedeirat, 0. V.1935 (1 ♀) (ESEC); Mex, 26.VI.1921 (1 ♂, 2 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Kir, 2.VII.1921 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Cleopatra, 1.VIII.1921 (2 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Ramleh, 17.IX.1921 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, det. by Engel & Efflatoun); Kafer Hakim, 7.IV.1924 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 20.IV.1924 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Souer, 12.VI.1925 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Kerdasa, 9.IX.1925 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Tasfia, 16.IX.1925 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Dekhela, Mariout, 9.VII.1927 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Kafret Nassar, 7.IX.1927 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Abu Rawash, 28.IX.1927 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Abu Ghanayem, 30.IX.1927 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); El-Mallah, 5.X.1927 (1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Sayyal, 10.X.1927 (1 ♂ det. by Efflatoun); Wadi Nakhla, 24.X.1927 (1 ♂, 1 ♀ det. by Efflatoun) (PPDD); Katta, 20.IX.1924 (1 ♀); Borgash, 15.X.1924 (1 ♀); Genifa, 13.V.1925 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Abu Souer, 17.V.1925 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Mariout, Dekhela, 7.IX.1925 (1 ♀); Fayed, 2.X.1925 (1 ♀); Kafer Hakim, 17.X.1925 (1 ♀); Salloum, 11.VIII.1926 (1 ♂) (AUCE).
Remark. The male specimen collected from Ramleh, 17.IX.1921 (PPDD), was recorded by Engel (1924) and Efflatoun (1937).
description: Published as part of Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Gad Allah, Sohair M., Soliman, Ahmed M., Salama, Mohamed S. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2017, Review of robber flies of the genus Stichopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Stichopogoninae) from Egypt, pp. 142-160 in Zootaxa 4242 (1) on pages 148-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/376052