An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Deeming, John C.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-15
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Neoloxotaenia gracilis
(
de Meijere, 1908
)
(
Fig 58
)
Lagaroceras gracilis
de Meijere, 1908: 170
.
Specimens examined.
2♂
,
1♀
,
Jazan
,
Abu Aresh
,
Al-Mahdag Village
,
1–13.xii.2012
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. It was described from
Sri Lanka
and is further recorded from Hawaii,
India
,
Japan
, Malaya,
Philippines
, Sumatra,
Taiwan
,
Thailand
, Vietman,
Yemen
(
Nartshuk 1984
;
Deeming 2011
;
Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012
;
Nartshuk 2013
).
Remarks
.
Deeming (2011)
reported that
N. gracilis
has been reared from the spice cardamom.