Described a new recorded family Diopsidae of (Order Diptera) with its Species Diopsis apicalis in Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 13, Volume 2, Issue 2, December 2009, Pages 135-145 PDF (497.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2009.15436 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ayman M. Ebrahim | ||
| Ministry of Agriculture. Plant protection research institute. Taxonomy Department | ||
| Abstract | ||
| During rearranging and trying to identify the unidentified specimens of the order Diptera in the main reference insect collection of the Plant Protection Research Institute, 25 unidentified dipterous specimens that were collected from Armant (Assiut, Egypt) attracted the attention with its eyes that far projected from the head. These specimens were identified to the family rank (Diopsidae) by using the key. The representative specimens of this family were identified by Prof. Dr. Hans Feijen to the species ( Diopsis apicalis ). The present study includes Description and taxonomic characters of the family and its species with illustrated species | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Diptera; Diopsidae; Diopsis; Diopsis apicalis Distribution; Egypt | ||
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