The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of 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.
0000-0002-3323-3623
Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohd _ robiya @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3323 - 3623
mohd_robiya@hotmail.com
Author
Deeming, John C.
0000-0002-6703-8180
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. john. deeming @ museumwales. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6703 - 8180
john.deeming@museumwales.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-30
4869
1
1
54
journal article
8861
10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.1
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1175-5326
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Myospila maculiseta
Snyder, 1940
Myospila maculiseta
Snyder, 1940: 9
.
Later transferred into
Mydaea
Robineau-Desvoidy
now synonymised with
Myospila
Rondani.
FIGURE. 46–50.
Muscidae
species habitus:
46)
Dimorphia cognata
Robineau Desvoidy 1830
, male;
47
)
Graphomya maculata
(
Scopoli, 1763
)
, Male;
48
)
Graphomya maculata
(
Scopoli, 1763
)
,
ssp.
leucomelas
(
Wiedemann, 1824
)
, Male;
49
)
Myospila lenticeps
(
Thomson, 1869
)
, Male;
50
)
Limnophora aculeipes aculeipes
Stein, 1913
, Male.
Distribution.
This species was previously recorded from
Saudi Arabia
by
Abu-Zoherah
et al
. (1993)
. It was described from
Zimbabwe
(as “
Rhodesia
”). In the Middle East it is recorded from
Yemen
(
van Emden 1948
;
Pont 1980
;
1991
).