Sphaeniscus filiolus

Sphaeniscus filiolus (Loew, 1869) Aciura filiola Loew, 1869: 12. Unspecified type. Spain (Andalusia) (ZMHB) Sphaeniscus brevicauda Becker, 1908: 138. Syntypes. Canary Is. (Tenerife) (ZMHB) Spheniscomyia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1924b: 136. 4 Syntypes. Egypt (near Helwan, Wadis Hussein, Hoff, Rashid, Rishrash & Garawi; & Suez Road) (ESEC). Distribution. AF: Ethiopia. PA: Canary Is., Egypt, s. Europe, Israel. Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Burg, Mariout. Eastern Desert: Along Cairo-Suez Road, Wadies south east of Cairo. Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Marg. Sinai Mt. Host plants. Egyptian stachys (Stachys aegyptiaca Pers.) and lavender (Lavandula coronopifolia Poir.). Dates of collection. February to August.Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., 2017, Catalogue of Egyptian Tephritoidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on pages 167-168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/84323