An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed K.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-17
4711
3
401
445
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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Paralimna
(
Paralimna
)
arabica
Becker, 1910
(
Fig. 11–12
)
Paralimna
(
Paralimna
)
arabica
Becker, 1910: 154
;
Cogan 1968: 340
[revision]; van Harten &
Wagener 1994: 106
[
Yemen
].
Specimens examined.
1 ♂
,
Jazan, Fifa
,
Al-Tatweer
Centre
,
16. ii. 2014
,
Malaise trap
.
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1 ♂
, same data but
25. ii.–16. iii. 2014
(
CERS
)
;
1♀
, same data but
5–26. i. 2014
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. It was described probably from
Yemen
(“
Südarabien
”) and further recorded from various localities in
Yemen
(
Cogan, 1968
).