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Record Unit 7468
Egyptian Bombyliids Collection, Watercolors, 1930s
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
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Title: | Egyptian Bombyliids Collection, Watercolors |
Dates: | 1930s |
Quantity: | 1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 7468 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This collection consists of 84 watercolor paintings of Egyptian Bombyliids, or bee flies, executed by three Russian artists, Roman Strekalovsky, Nicholas Strekalovsky, and E. Kassessinoff. The paintings were done for a planned manuscript on the Bombyliids of Egypt by H. C. Efflatoun. Also included is a copy of Efflatoun's unpublished manuscript and photographs of the paintings. |
Descriptive Entry
This collection consists of 84 watercolor paintings of Egyptian Bombyliids, or bee flies, executed by three Russian artists, Roman Strekalovsky, Nicholas Strekalovsky, and E. Kassessinoff. The paintings were done for a planned manuscript on the Bombyliids of Egypt by H. C. Efflatoun. Also included is a copy of Efflatoun's unpublished manuscript and photographs of the paintings. This collection was previously described as Record Unit 1020011, R. Strekalovsky Drawings, circa 1940.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7468, Egyptian Bombyliids Collection, Watercolors
Container List
Box 1
A Monograph of Egyptian Diptera, Part VII, Family Bombyiildae by Professor H. C. Efflatoun carbon copy of original
#1 Leylayia mimnermia, Effl., 1945
#3 Empidideicus efflatouni, Engel
#4 Empidideicus mariouti, Effl., 1945
#5 Cyrtosia abragi Effl., 1945
#6 Cyrtosia gulperi Effl., 1945
#7 Cyrtosia injii Effl., 1945
#8 Cyrtosia luteiventris, Becker
#9 Cyrtosia marginata, Perris, South Europe, North Africa
#10 Cyrtosia mubila, Bezzi (or Ber.?)
#11 Cyrtosia apaca, Lw., Sicily, Corisca
#12 Cyrtosia separata, Effl., 1945
#13 Cyrtosia tetragramma, Bezzi
#14 Platypygus melleus, Lw., Spain, Greece, North Africa
#17 Heterotropus aegyptiacus, Param.
#18 Heterotropus aegyptiacus, Param.
#19 Heterotropus bisglaucus, Bezzi
#20 Heterotropus elephantinus, Seguy Tchad
#21 Heterotropus maculiventris, Bezzi
#22 Heterotropus magnirostris, Bezzi (mugnirostris on drawing back)
#23 Heterotropus sabulosus, Param., China
#24 Heterotropus stimatus, Bezzi
#25 Heterotropus xanthothorax, Effl., 1945
#26 Alloxytropus anomalus, Bezzi
#27 Alloxytropus bezzii, Param. (Later genus Prorates, Hull, 1973, p.228)
#28 Apolysis eremophila, Lw, Tunisia, Turkestan
#29 Phthiria gaedei, Wied, South Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa
#30 Phthiria salayensis, Effl., 1945
#31 Phthiria tricolor, Bezzi
#32 Phthiria xanthaspis, Bezzi
#33 Phthiria xanthaspis, Bezzi
#34 Crocidium aegyptiacum, Bezzi
#35 Crocidium nudum, Effl., 1945
#36 Geronon garagniae, Effl.
#37 Geronon garagniae, Effl., 1945
#38 Geron gibbosus, Lw., Mediterranean, Africa
#39 Geron intonsus, Bezzi
#40 Geron longibarbus, Effl., 1945
#41 Geron longiventris, Effl., 1945
#42 Sinaia kneuckeri, Becker
#43 Sinaia kneuckeri, Becker
#44 Sinaia kneuckeri, Becker
#46 Amictus gebeli, Effl., 1945
#49 Amictus shafikiu, Effl., 1945
#51 Prorachthes longirostris, Bezzi
#52 Toxophora aegyptiaca, Effl., 1945
#53 Toxophora leyladea, Effl., 1945
#54 Toxophora maculata, Rossi, widespread Palearctic?
#55 Usia aurata, F. S. Europe, North Africa
#56 Usia bicolor, Effl., 1945
#57 Usia deserticola, Effl., 1945
#58 Usia elbae, Effl., 1945
#59 Usia flavipes, Effl., 1945
#60 Usia grisea, Effl., 1945
#61 Usia ignorata, Becker, Algeria, Tunisia, Palestine, Syria
#62 Usia inorata, Eng.
#63 Usia lutescens, Bezzi
#64 Usia lutescens, var. minor, Effl., 1945
#65 Usia minusculus, Effl., 1945
#66 Usia ornata, Engel
#67 Usia ornata, Engel
#68 Usia parvula., Effl., 1945
#69 Usia tewfiki, Effl., 1945
#72 Dischistus multisetosus, Lw., Spain, North Africa
#78 Acanthogeron separatus, Becker, Spain, Canary Island, Syria, North Africa
#79 Acanthogeron separatus, Becker
#80 Systoechus gradatus, var. vallidus, Bezzi, South Europe, North Africa, Syria, Asia
#83 Anastoechus bahirae, Becker, Tunisia, Algeria, Palestine
#84 Anastoechus exalbidus, Wied, South Europe, North Africa, Palestine
#85 Anastoechus exalbidus, Meigen (= Systochus exalbidus)
#86 Anastoechus niveus, Herm., Palestine, Iran
#87 Anastoechus niveus, Herm.
#88 Anastoechus stramineus, Becker, Central and South Europe, Canary Islands, North Africa, Palestine
#90 Bombylius androgynus, Lw, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece
#91 Bombylius ater, Scop. throughout Palearotic Region
#95 Bombylius cinerascens, Mikan throughout Palearctic Region
#100 Bombylius modestus, Lw, South and East Europe
#101 Bombylius modesus, Lw.
#114 Efflatounia aegyptiaca, Bezzi
Exoprosopa chrysogaster, Bezzi
Exoprosopa megerlei
Exoprosopa tamerlan bezzii, Param.
Exoprosopa flava, Param.
Exoprosopa aegina, Wied.
Exoprosopa algira, F.
Box 2
Bombyliid Paintings - Photos of Paintings
Bombyliid Paintings - Negatives for Photos of Paintings
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