The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed Kamran
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Grichanov, Igor Ya.
text
Journal of Natural History
2020
2020-11-06
54
21 - 22
1425
1454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118
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Condylostylus longicornis
(Fabricius, 1775)
(
Figure 6B
)
Specimens examined
2♂
,
2♀
,
Najran
,
Al-Shurfa
,
Saleh Maqbol Farm
,
7–28
.i
.2015, Malaise trap, H.A.
Dawah
(
CERS
);
3♀
, same data but
7–28
.v
.2014 (
CERS
);
1♂
,
Jazan
,
Harob
,
Wadi Lejab
,
30
.xii
.2015, Malaise trap, H.A.
Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. This species was described from South America being a typical representative of New World
Condylostylus
, having no relatives in the Afrotropical fauna. It was only recently found in the Southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, i.e. in the
United Arab Emirates
(
Naglis and Bickel 2017
), and the authors suggested that this occurrence was most probably the result of accidental human introduction.
C. longicornis
is known from Australasian (
French Polynesia
and Hawaiian Is.), Nearctic and Neotropical regions (
Grichanov 2018
). Dr. Deeming believes that this species could develop in shipments of grain that are infested with grain beetles and other insects, as both larvae and adults are predacious, and there would be adequate food for them, especially if there was a fungal infestation of any kind (J.C. Deeming; pers. comm. 2019).