The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
0000-0002-3323-3623
Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohd _ robiya @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3323 - 3623
mohd_robiya@hotmail.com
Author
Deeming, John C.
0000-0002-6703-8180
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. john. deeming @ museumwales. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6703 - 8180
john.deeming@museumwales.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-30
4869
1
1
54
journal article
8861
10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.1
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1175-5326
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Helina coniformis
(Stein
in
Becker, 1903
)
(
Fig. 20
)
Spilogaster coniformis
Stein
in
Becker, 1903: 101
.
Specimens examined.
1m
,
Asir
,
Maraba
,
Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm
,
23.xii.2012
–
13.i.2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1m
, same data but
1–30.v.2004
(
NMWC
)
;
1f, same data but
1–17.vi.2003
(
NMWC
)
;
1m
, 1f,
Jazan
,
Farasan Island
,
Aziz Yousef village
,
29.x.2014
, sweeping,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1m
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Madenate
Al-Ameer Sultan
,
Hay Al-Sad
,
25.ii.–25.v.2002
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1f,
Jizan
,
Sabya
,
Al-Sunef
mango farm,
8.v.–17.vi.2003
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
)
.
Distribution.
This species was previously recorded from
Saudi Arabia
by
Pont (1991)
;
Dawah & Abdullah (2009)
;
El-Hawagry
et al
. (2013
;
2016
;
2017
;
2018
). It was described from
Egypt
. In the Middle East it has been recorded from
Oman
by
Pont (1991)
,
Yemen
by Stein
in
Becker (1910)
and
van Emden (1948)
and
United Arab Emirates
by
Deeming (2008)
.