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
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3
401
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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Chlorichaeta orba
Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1993
(
Fig. 26
)
Chlorichaeta orba
Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1993: 70
.
Specimens examined.
1 ♀
,
Jazan
,
Farasan Island
,
Aziz Yousef Village
,
22. iv.–13. v. 2015
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
)
;
2 ♂
,
Jazan
,
Abu Aresh
, Faisel-El-Refae,
10. ii. 2012
,
sweeping trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
and Arabian Peninsula. This species was described from
Sri Lanka
(Nilaveli) and further from the Australasian/Oceanian Region;
Australia
(NT),
Papua New Guinea
.