List of Algerian Conopidae
Subfamily CONOPINAE
Tribe CONOPINI
Genus CONOPS Linnaeus, 1758
Conops (Asiconops) elegans Meigen, 1804
Conops elegans Meigen, 1804: 275. Type locality: France (Marseille).
Conops elegans var. fuscipennis Macquart, 1849: 472. Type locality: Algeria (environs du Cercle de Lacalle, marais d’Ain-Drean et du lac Tonga).
Conops algira Macquart, 1849: 473. Type locality: Algeria (environs du Cercle de Lacalle).
Conops fuscanipennis Bigot, 1887: 32. Type locality: Italy (Sicily).
Conops ruficornis Becker, 1913: 89–90. Type locality: Morocco (Tanger).
Conops elegans var. minutus Kröber, 1915e: 48. Type locality: Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katona), Tunisia, Egypt (Cairo), Ethiopia [“Abyssinien”].
Conops elegans var. djanetianus Séguy, 1938: 42. Type locality: Algeria (Djanet).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1915d) as minutus and algira]; Djanet Province: Djanet (date not given) [Séguy (1928, 1938) as djanetianus]; El Taref Province: El Kala, Aïn-Dréan, Lac Tonga [as “environs du Cercle de Lacalle, marais d’Ain-Drean et du lac Tonga”] (July) [Macquart (1849) as fuscipennis], El Kala “as Lacalle” (June) [Macquart (1849) as algira]; Oran Province: Oran (date not given) [Kröber (1924)].
Conops (Conops) rufiventris Macquart, 1849 (Fig. 1)
Conops rufiventris Macquart on Centaurea sp. © Amar Saci
Conops rufiventris Macquart, 1849: 474. Type locality: Algeria (Constantine) [as “dans les jardins de Salah’- Bey, aux environs de Constantine”].
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1915e)]; Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser (May) [collected material]; Constantine Province: Constantine [as “dans les jardins de Salah’- Bey, aux environs de Constantine”] (May) [Macquart (1849)]; Oran Province: Oran (date not given) [Kröber (1915e)]; Sidi Bel Abbès Province: Sidi Bel Abbès (date not given) [Stuke and Kehlmaier (2008)]; Skikda Province: Skikda (April) [observed material].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser; 36.047172°N, 4.803086°E; 3.V.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net on Scabiosa atropurpurea ssp. maritima; PCB • 1 female; same data; 5.V.2021.
Note. Two specimens of this species were collected from University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser on Scabiosa atropurpurea ssp. maritima. Another specimen (sex unknown) was observed on Centaurea sp. in Skikda (36.856750°N, 6.911245°E) on 28 April 2020. It was observed and photographed by Mr. Amar Saci (Fig. 1).
Genus LEOPOLDIUS Rondani, 1843
Leopoldius coronatus (Rondani, 1857)
Brachiglossum coronatum Rondani, 1857: 143. Type locality: Austria (Windobona).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (August) [Kröber (1914, 1930) and Séguy (1928)].
Tribe PHYSOCEPHALINI
Genus PHYSOCEPHALA Schiner, 1861
Physocephala antiqua (Wiedemann, 1830)
Conops antiqua Wiedemann, 1830: 239. Type locality: Egypt.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Tiaret Province: Mt. Ben Omar (date not given) [Kröber (1939)].
Physocephala chrysorrhoea (Meigen, 1824) (Fig. 2)
Physocephala chrysorrhoea (Meigen) male, lateral
Conops chrysorrhoea Meigen, 1824: 128. Type locality: Austria.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1939) and Séguy (1930)]; Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: Forest of Bordj Zemoura (May) [collected material].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; Forest of Bordj Zemoura; 36.2671°N, 4.8457°E; 24.V.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net on Scabiosa atropurpurea ssp. Maritima; PCB.
Physocephala nigra (De Geer, 1776)
Conops nigra De Geer, 1776: 265. Type locality: not given [presumably Sweden].
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Unknown [Séguy (1930)].
Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)
Conops vittata Fabricius, 1794: 392. Type locality: Germany (Kiel).
Physocephala truncata var. maculigera Kröber, 1915a: 71; type locality: Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Algeria (Constantine, Biskra).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1915a, 1924) as vittata]; Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1915a, 1939) as maculigera]; Constantine Province: Constantine (date not given) [Kröber (1915a) as maculigera]; Oran Province: Oran (date not given) [Kröber (1927) as vittata].
Subfamily DALMANNIINAE
Genus DALMANNIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Dalmannia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1761)
Conops aculeata Linnaeus, 1761: 468. Type locality: Sweden.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1924) and Séguy (1930)].
Dalmannia dorsalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Stomoxys dorsalis Fabricius, 1794: 396. Type locality: France.
Myopa flavescens Meigen, 1804: 289. Type locality: not given.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (March) [Macquart (1849) as flavescens].
SUBFAMILY MYOPINAE
Tribe MYOPINI
Genus MELANOSOMA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853
Melanosoma bicolor (Meigen, 1824)
Myopa bicolor Meigen, 1824: 147. Type locality: Austria [“Oesterreich”].
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Not given [Kröber (1915b, 1924)].
Melanosoma mundum Czerny & Strobl, 1909
Melanosoma mundum Czerny & Strobl, 1909: 260. Type locality: Spain [“Banõs”].
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1915b, 1924)].
Genus MYOPA Fabricius, 1775
Myopa buccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Conops buccata Linnaeus, 1758: 605. Type locality: Europe.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1924)]; El Taref Province: El Kala (March) [Macquart (1849)]; other sources with localities and dates not given: Becker (1907), Kröber (1916a, b) and Séguy (1928).
Myopa dorsalis Fabricius, 1794
Myopa dorsalis Fabricius, 1794: 397. Type locality: Germania.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Unknown [Séguy (1928)].
Myopa occulta Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
Myopa occulta Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824: 145. Type locality: Germany.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Not given [Becker (1907)].
Myopa palliceps (Bigot, 1887)
Glossigona palliceps Bigot, 1887: 205–206. Type locality: Algeria.
Myopa dorsalis var. minor Strobl, 1899: 148. Type locality: Spain (Madrid).
Myopa vaulogeri Séguy, 1930: 136. Type locality: Algeria (Algiers, Chellala), Morocco (Casablanca), Spain (Barcelona).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1924) as minor and palliceps, and Séguy (1930) as vaulogeri]; Biskra Province: Biskra (March) [Stuke and Kehlmaier (2008), Kröber (1916a, b) as minor]; El-Bayadh Province: Chellala [Séguy (1930) as vaulogeri] (date not given); other sources with localities and dates not given: Bigot (1887).
Myopa pellucida (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Fig. 3)
Myopa pellucida (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) male, lateral
Myopa pellucida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 244. Type locality: France (Paris).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection (Fig. 8). Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: Ain Tagrout and Bordj Ghédir, Ez Zamala (April) [collected material].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; Ain Taghrout, Bordj Bou Arréridj; 36.130881°N, 5.079106°E; 9.IV.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net on Lepidium drapa; PCB • 1 female; Bordj Ghédir, Ez Zamala; 35.889060°N, 4.925543°E; 22.IV.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net on Asphodelus ramosus; PCB.
Note. This species is recorded herein for the first time from Algeria. It was collected on Lepidium drapa and Asphodelus ramosus.
Myopa picta Panzer, 1798 (Fig. 4)
Myopa picta Panzer on Salvia rosmarinus
Myopa picta Panzer, 1798: 22. Type locality: Austria.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection (Fig. 8). Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser (May) [collected material].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser; 36.013571°N, 4.801824°E; 30.III.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net on Salvia rosmarinus; PCB.
Note. This species is recorded herein for the first time from Algeria. It was firstly observed and photographed feeding on Salvia rosmarinus (=Rosmarinus officinalis) in University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, El Anasser in March 2021 (Fig. 4), just then another specimen was collected by second author.
Myopa stigma Meigen, 1824
Myopa stigma Meigen, 1824: 148. Type locality: Austria.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Becker (1907)].
Tribe SICINI
Genus SICUS Scopoli, 1763
Sicus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Conops ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1761: 468. Type locality: Sweden.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1924)]; Constantine Province: Constantine (date not given) [Kröber (1927)].
Tribe THECOPHORINI
Genus THECOPHORA Rondani, 1845
Thecophora atra (Fabricius, 1775) (Fig. 5)
Thecophora atra (Fabricius) male, lateral
Myopa atra Fabricius, 1775: 799. Type locality: Denmark.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Becker (1907) and Kröber (1916c, 1924)]; Annaba Province: Annaba (May 2011) (Collected material); Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: Forest of Bordj Zemoura (May) [collected material].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 female; Annaba; 36.918058°N 7.75486°E; 3.V.2011; Ahmed leg.; PCB • 1 male; 2 females; Forest of Bordj Zemoura; 36.2671°N, 4.8457°E; 9.V.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net; PCB.
Thecophora fulvipes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Myopa fulvipes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 246. Type locality: France (Paris).
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection (Fig. 8). Annaba Province: Annaba (May 2011) (Collected material).
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; Annaba; 36.918058°N 7.75486°E; 3.V.2011; Ahmed leg.; MCCB.
Note: This species is recorded herein for the first time from Algeria.
Subfamily ZODIONINAE
Genus ZODION Latreille, 1797
Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794) (Fig. 6)
Zodion cinereum (Fabricius) male, lateral
Myopa cinerea Fabricius, 1794: 399. Type locality: Italy.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1915g, 1924)]; Biskra Province: Biskra (date not given) [Kröber (1915g, 1924)]; Bordj Bou Arréridj Province: Forest of Bordj Zemoura (May) [collected material]; Oran Province: Oran (date not given) [Kröber (1927)].
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; Forest of Bordj Zemoura; 36.2671°N, 4.8457°E; 24.V.2021; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net; sweeping net on Scabiosa atropurpurea ssp. Maritima; PCB.
Zodion erythrurum Rondani, 1865 (Fig. 7)
Zodion erythrurum Rondani 1865 male
Zodion erythrurum Rondani, 1865: 146. Type locality: Italy.
Zodion vittipes Strobl, 1906: 331–332. Type locality: Spain.
Known Algerian localities and dates of collection. Algiers Province: Algiers (date not given) [Kröber (1915g) as erythrurum and vittipes, and Kröber (1924) as vittipes]; Biskra Province: Biskra (March) [Kröber (1915g) as erythrurum and Stuke and Kehlmaier (2008) as erythrurum]; M’Sila Province: Sidi Hadjeres (May) [collected material] (Fig. 8).
A distribution map of newly recorded conopid species from Algeria
Material examined. ALGERIA • 1 male; Sidi Hadjeres; 35.650035°N, 4.128622°E; May.2022; Boulaouad leg.; sweeping net; sweeping net; PCB.
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