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
1464-5262
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Sympycnus basilaris
(Curran, 1924)
(
Figure 6C
)
Specimens examined
1♂
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Hay Al-Nusub
(
Abha Farm Centre
),
1
.ii
.2012, Malaise trap, H.A.
Dawah
(
NMWC
;
CERS
);
1♀
,
Asir
, same locality but
1–25
.v
.2013;
3♂
,
Najran
,
Al-Shurfa
,
Saleh Maqbol Farm
,
13
.iii
.2013, Malaise trap, H.A.
Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Remarks
This genus and species are the first records from
Saudi Arabia
. The species was described from
South Africa
, having four synonymic names. It is widespread in the Afrotropical region (
Grichanov 2018
).