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
4791
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1
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Pachylophus flavipes
(
Lamb 1917
)
(
Figs 59
, a, b)
Steleocerus flavipes
Lamb 1917: 40
Specimens examined.
2♂
,
Najran
,
Al-Shurfa
,
Saleh Maqbol Farm
,
7–28.i.2015
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
;
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. It was described from
Mozambique
and is further recorded from
Angola
,
Burundi
,
Gambia
,
Ghana
,
Kenya
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
South Africa
,
Uganda
,
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
(
Deeming, 2018
).
Remarks.
This is an abnormal specimen in that the ocellar prominence is totally shiny. It has been reared from the grass
Sporobolus pyramidalis
Beauv.
in
Nigeria
(
Deeming 2018
).