Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Author
Pape, Thomas
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-02-27
5418
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1
1175-5326
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[
Sarcophaga
(
Sarcophaga
)
carnaria
]
Musca carnaria
Linnaeus, 1758: 596
.
Type
locality:
Europe
[probably
Sweden
].
Remarks.
Listed from SaudiArabia by
Kenawy
et al.
(2014)
, but this is probably a misidentification as
Sarcophaga carnaria
so far has not been recorded south of the 40
th
parallel north (
Pape 1996
). The record of
Sarcophaga carnaria
from
Saudi Arabia
was accepted by
Verves & Khrokalo (2018)
, but considering the nomenclatural complexities (
Pape 2002
), the numerous misidentifications in older material, and the lack of reference to voucher specimens by
Kenawy
et al
. (2014)
, the presence of this species in
Saudi Arabia
is in need of verification.