An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Deeming, John C.
text
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2020
2020-06-15
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Metopostigma sabulona
Becker, 1910b
(
Fig 57
)
Metopostigma sabulona
Becker, 1910b: 64
.
Specimens examined.
1♂
,
1♀
,
Jazan
,
Abu Aresh
,
Faisel Al-Refae Farm
, sweeping weedy preheading forage sor- ghum,
10.ii.2012
,
J.C. Deeming
and
H. A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
2♀
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Hay Al-Nusub
(
Abha Farm
Centre
),
3.iii.2001
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
;
CERS
)
;
2♀
Asir
,
Maraba
,
Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm
,
1–17.vi.2003
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
;
NMWC
)
;
3♀
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan
,
25.ii.–25.v.2002
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
NMWC
)
.
Distribution.
This species was previously recorded from
Saudi Arabia
by
Dawah & Abdullah (2006)
;
El-Hawagry
et al.
(2018)
. It was described from
Egypt
and further recorded from
Palestine
and
Pakistan
(
Nartshuk 1984
). It is further recorded from
Oman
,
Tunisia
,
UAE
and
Yemen
(
Deeming 2011
). There are some specimens of this species in NMWC collected from
India
.