An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed K.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-17
4711
3
401
445
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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Asmeringa inermis
Becker, 1903
Asmeringa inermis
Becker, 1903: 174
:
Mathis 1984: 71–74
[revision];
Mathis
et al
. 2017: 667–669
[
United Arab Emirates
].
Specimens examined.
Numerous,
♂
,
♀
,
Jazan
, Um Al-Raq Island,
25. x.–25. xi. 2015
, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS; NMWC).
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
. This species was described from
Egypt
(“Alexandrien” =
Alexandria
) and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region:
Bulgaria
,
Egypt
,
Ethiopia
,
France
,
Greece
,
Palestine
,
Italy
,
Morocco
and
Spain
; Afrotropical Region:
Ethiopia
and
United Arab Emirates
.