taxonID	type	description	language	source
03EC87A1FF885C63FEE9FD39FDEFFCCD.taxon	description	Description:	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF885C63FEE9FD39FDEFFCCD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype (male); body length: 8.2 ­ 12.2 mm; wing length: 9 ­ 12.8 mm. Head. Black in ground color. Frons with fine white dust, usually only along inner eye­margins; covered with black hairs and short scaly hairs on upper third, and grayish­yellow or brownish­yellow mixed with black hairs on rest of frons. Face covered with black hairs mixed with brownish­yellow scaly­hairs. vertex about two and half times width of ocellar tubercle. Antennae black with black hairs; flagellum not longer than the two basal segments together. Thorax. Dull black. Mesonotum covered with yellowish, whitish and black tomentum of fine hairs and scaly­hairs. Hairs on extreme anterior margin predominantly black, mixed with some grayish hairs behind. Thoracic bristles black, not long at all. Pleura almost bare, white dusted. Scutellum of same color and vestiture as mesonotum, with black or mixed black and brownish long marginal bristles in more than one row. Wings (fig. 1). Hyaline, with a more or less weak infuscation on basal half and sc cell, forming darker areas appearing as blurs on cross­veins, although usually with a more or less evident smoky gray tinge; r­m cross­vein placed before middle of discal medial cell (dm), just after rectangular base of R 2 + 3 which with more or less well developed appendix. Plumula white. Halteres more or less dark mummy­brown, with light buff knob. Legs black, with apex of femora and tibiae as well as front tarsi obscure reddish­brown. Bristles, spurs and setulae short, weak and all black. Claws black. Pulvilli brownish­gray. Abdomen. Dull black, with three apical segments laterally compressed. 1 st tergite with long pure white tufts of hairs on sides and corners, and with sparse long grayish or brownishgray hairs on dorsum. 2 nd tergite with black tufts of hairs on sides shorter than those of 1 st tergite; dorsum with long sparse and scattered black hairs, mixed with numerous minute scaly­hairs which are tawny about center, whitish on sides, and with more or less numerous pure white scales on posterior border, being more dense on sides. 3 rd tergite more or less similar to 2 nd, but the white scales on lower border very irregularly scattered about center, assuming a yellowish tinge. 4 th tergite with all hairs black; white scales more numerous with a more pronounced yellowish color about center. 5 th ­ 7 th segments laterally compressed, with glistening pale brownish­yellow hairs, except for a few black hairs about center as well as on triangular tip of abdomen; densely covered with whitish scales on sides, being yellowish elsewhere; scales absent on center forming black mid­dorsal longitudinal stripe.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF885C63FEE9FD39FDEFFCCD.taxon	description	Male genitalia (figs. 2 – 3): Gonocoxites with broad base and two long apical prolongations. Tip of aedeagal sheath complicated, with some small characteristic spines. Paratype (female); body length: 8.2 ­ 12.2 mm; wing length: 9 ­ 12.8 mm. like male but infuscation on wing is frequently darker with a tendency to form spots on basal half. Apical segments of abdomen not laterally compressed, with white scales only on their lower borders forming regular transverse bands. Long black hairs on sides of apical tergites; on triangular tip, black and more dense. Vertex little broader than in the male, being 3 times width of ocellar tubercle. Spermatheca (see fig. 4): With sclerotized bulb and long sclerotized sperm pump.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF885C63FEE9FD39FDEFFCCD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Holotype (male): W. El­Rabba (S. Sinai), 13 ­ 19. IV. 1940 (Efflatoun leg.), [ESC]. Paratypes: 2 females, same data as Holotype; 1 female, 1 male, W. El­ Rabba (S. Sinai), 21 ­ 24. IV. 1940 (Efflatoun leg.); 1 male, same data, [ESC]; 1 female, same data as Holotype, [EFC].	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8A5C65FEE9FCBCFCE8FD28.taxon	diagnosis	This species can be distinguished by the tufts of hairs (black above and white below) on sides of 2 nd to 4 th tergites, and also by the four evident brown spots on wing. In general appearance, it looks like Spogostylum tripunctatum Wiedemann to the naked eye.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8A5C65FEE9FCBCFCE8FD28.taxon	description	Description: Holotype (male); body length: 8 ­ 12 mm; wing length: 9 ­ 13 mm. Head. Black in ground color. Frons grayish­yellow or brown dusted, with minute white scaly­hairs and occasionally white dust along the inner eye­borders; covered with blackish hairs mixed with few grayish­brown ones. Face densely pure white or yellowish dusted; with white or pale yellowish hairs, mixed with a few black ones. Occiput pure white dusted, with minute white scaly­hairs along eye borders. Vertex hardly more than twice width of ocellar tubercle. Antennae black; flagellum with proximal half much less bulbous than usual, about as long as scape and pedicel together. Thorax. dull black; mesonotum covered with grayish­yellow, whitish and black tomentum. Hairs on extreme anterior margin and sides white, intermixed with black. Bristles black, occasionally, mixed with very few yellowish ones on scutellum. Pleurae black, densely clothed with pure white dust and tomentum. Wings (fig. 5). Feebly smoky, with basal portion and coastal border to tip of R 1 vein weakly infuscated brown; with four evident brown spots: one on rectangular base of cell r 4, one on rectangular base of cell r 2 + 3 as well as on r­m cross­vein, a pale smaller one on base of cell m 2, and a larger one on base of cell cua 1 and base of cell dm up to the base of R 1 and Sc veins. r­m cross­vein placed well before middle of M 1, immediately below base of R 2 + 3. Plumula white. Halteres blackish­brown with knob more or less pale buff at tip. Legs. Black, clothed with pure white scales. Pulvilli normally developed, brownishgray. Abdomen. Dull black, with pale grayish or yellowish­white and black tomentum; with narrow transverse bands of white scales on lower borders of 2 nd to 7 th tergites. Tufts of grayish white to white long hairs on sides and corners of 1 st tergite, and sparsely on lower third of sides of 2 nd to 3 rd or 4 th tergites. Dorsum and apical segments with sparse black hairs, but sides of 2 nd to 3 rd or 4 th tergites with bicolored tufts consisting of black hairs above and white below. The transverse bands of white scales on 3 rd and 4 th tergites frequently interrupted in parts by dark scales, thus forming a spotted design; also, a broad mid­dorsal space left denuded between white scales covering the two or three apical segments. Male genitalia (fig. 6): Gonocoxites truncate, triangular. Aedeagal sheath simple, almost as long as aedeagus. Paratype (female); body length: 8 ­ 12 mm; wing length: 9 ­ 13 mm. As Holotype but the spots on wings somewhat darker, larger and more evident, and occasionally, the distal border of discal medial cell feebly edged with brown showing a tendency to form another spot. Vertex 3 times width of ocellar tubercle. White scales forming transverse bands on abdominal tergites usually interrupted only in center, being thus divided by a black mid­dorsal longitudinal stripe. 7 th tergite devoid of white scales but with long tufted bristly hairs. Spermatheca (fig. 7): With sclerotized bulb, and long well sclerotized pump.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8A5C65FEE9FCBCFCE8FD28.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Holotype (male): W. El­Arbaein (South Sinai), VIII­IX. 1940 (Efflatoun leg.), [ESC]. Paratypes: 3 females, 1 male, same data as Holotype; 1 female, W. Garagneyia, VI­VIII. 1942 (Efflatoun leg.), [ESC]. 4 males, 1 female, same data as Holotype; 1 female, W. El­Lega (S. Sinai), VI­IX. 1943 (Efflatoun & Sh, M. leg.); 1 female, W. El­Arbaein, 6 ­ 7. VIII. 1998 (El­Hawagry leg.), [EFC].	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8C5C66FEE9FC99FE42FD95.taxon	description	Description:	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8C5C66FEE9FC99FE42FD95.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype (female); body length: about 12 mm. Wing length: 13 mm. Head. Black, white or grayish dusted at least along inner eye borders, with yellowish color encircling bases of antennae. Frons covered with black hairs and shorter yellowish and whitish narrow scales. Face brownish black, densely covered with long black hairs, and yellowish and whitish scaly­hairs. Vertex twice width of ocellar tubercle. Antennae dark brown to black, grayish dusted; scape with many long yellowish hairs intermixed with black ones. Occiput gray dusted, with fine black hairs intermixed with fine yellowish scaly­hairs; with a long dense whitish frill on margin of occipital cavity. Thorax. Dull black. Extreme anterior margin and sides of anterior half of mesonotum with tufts of long white and yellowish­white hairs mixed with long black ones. Mesonotum and scutellum covered with yellowish tomentum composed of fine scaly­hairs, mixed with short black hairs. Bristles black. Wings (fig. 8). Smoky, with basal half and anterior part darker than the rest. Areas around cross­veins appear darker, spot­like. Plumula white. Halteres brownish­yellow with paler tips. Legs. Brownish­black, covered with short white scales. Abdomen. Dull black, covered with a yellowish tomentum composed of fine scaly­hairs, mixed with longer black hairs. 1 st tergite with long yellowish­white hairs directed backward reaching 2 / 3 the 2 nd tergite. Sides of tergites densely tufted with long hairs, being white on sides of 1 st tergite, yellow or yellowish­brown on sides of 2 nd tergite, black mixed with some yellowish on sides of the remainder tergites. Postero­lateral margins of tergites 2 ­ 4 with pure white scales forming transverse bands.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8C5C66FEE9FC99FE42FD95.taxon	description	Spermatheca (fig. 9): The spermathecal duct elarged at its anterior portion. Male: unknown.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8C5C66FEE9FC99FE42FD95.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Holotype (female): W. Garagneyia (South Sinai), VI­VIII. 1942. [EFC]. Paratypes: 2 females: same data as Holotype, [EFC]. 2 females, same data as Holotype, [ESC].	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
03EC87A1FF8C5C66FEE9FC99FE42FD95.taxon	etymology	Derivatio nominis: A patronymic name (S. hamadnallahi) is proposed in honor of my dear friend Prof. Dr Hassan Hamadnallah, Prof. of insect taxonomy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.	en	El-Hawagry, Magdi S. (2002): Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt. Zootaxa 111: 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156072
