Abstract
Oestroidea is a diverse superfamily of flies with a variety of feeding habits, mostly saprophages (e.g., majority of species of the genus Sarcophaga, Sarcophagidae), internal parasites of mammals (e.g., Oestridae), parasitoids (e.g., the genus Blaesoxipha, Sarcophagidae; the genus Pollenia, Calliphoridae), and predators (e.g., the genus Stomorhina, Rhiniidae). In the present study, an updated catalog of the superfamily Oestroidea recorded from Egypt is presented. The catalog covers the following families: Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae, and Sarcophagidae. A total of 126 oestroid species belonging to 31 genera, 7 subfamilies, and 3 families are treated. The treated families are Calliphoridae (8 species representing 5 genera), Rhiniidae (10 species representing 3 genera), and Sarcophagidae (108 species representing 23 genera). Synonymies, type localities, world distributions by biogeographic realm(s) and country, Egyptian localities, and dates of collection for all treated species are provided.
Highlights
Oestroidea is a diverse superfamily of flies comprising about 15,000 described species worldwide with a variety of feeding habits, mostly saprophages, endoparasites, parasitoids, and predators
Despite its importance, the list included only the names of families and their species ordered alphabetically without referring to their suprageneric systematics or to other important data such as original descriptions, type localities, synonymies, distribution, etc. All these deficiencies have been perfected in the present catalog. Scope This catalog treats all names of taxa, whether taxonomically valid or invalid, of the families Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae, and Sarcophagidae recorded from Egypt
Material and methods Data for the present study have been compiled from specimens collected from different Egyptian localities by the authors and their coworkers, in addition to specimens preserved in the main Egyptian insect collections
Summary
Oestroidea is a diverse superfamily of flies comprising about 15,000 described species worldwide with a variety of feeding habits, mostly saprophages, endoparasites, parasitoids, and predators. Despite its importance, the list included only the names of families and their species ordered alphabetically without referring to their suprageneric systematics or to other important data such as original descriptions, type localities, synonymies, distribution, etc. All these deficiencies have been perfected in the present catalog. Scope This catalog treats all names of taxa, whether taxonomically valid or invalid, of the families Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae, and Sarcophagidae (superfamily: Oestroidea) recorded from Egypt. Important variant spellings (termed “incorrect spelling” or “misspelling”) are listed at the end of the synonyms, especially those mentioned in Egyptian studies
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