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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Lagaroceras distinctum
Deeming, 1981
(
Fig 53
)
Lagaroceras distinctum
Deeming, 1981: 816
.
Specimens examined.
1♂
,
4♀
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan
,
25.ii.–25.v.2002
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
;
CERS
)
;
2♀
,
Asir
,
Al-Souda
,
Bani Mazen
,
19.vi–9.vii.2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1♂
, same data but
25.ii.–1.v.2013
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This species was previously recorded from
Saudi Arabia
by
Dawah & Abdullah (2006)
. It was described from
Nigeria
and further recorded from
Mozambique
and
Yemen
(
Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012
). There are some specimens in NMWC collected from
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
and
Yemen
.
Remarks.
Species of
Lagaroceras
are primary attackers of shoots of
Poaceae
.