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
c285848a-ccaf-4f48-8e05-7f9cf6acf225
1175-5326
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C34E9D0C-336A-4F4B-A670-2F342470839D
Anaphalantus longicornis
(
Macquart, 1843
)
(
Fig. 66
)
Cleigaster longicornis
Macquart, 1843: 340
: (183).
Specimens examined.
3m
,
Najran
,
Al-Shurfa
,
Saleh Maqbol Farm
,
1-29.iv.2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1m
,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Hay Al-Menhel
,
12.vi.2013
, sweeping,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1m
, 1f,
Asir
,
Abha
,
Hay
Al-Nusub
,
1-25.v.2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
New to
Saudi Arabia
. It was described from
Réunion
and
Senegal
. It was recorded from
Yemen
by
Czerny (1931
as “
Encarsiocera pennipes
Czerny
”).
Taxonomic remarks.
This species is very difficult to recognize as being a Muscid. Consequently it has been described over the years by different taxonomist into different families such as
Psilidae
(e.g.
Czerny 1931
),
Scathophagidae
and
Lauxaniidae (
Pont 1991
)
, who listed six synonyms. Adults of this species display striking sexual dimorphism in that the face is golden yellow in the male, light grey in the female and the male fore tibia is adorned with long flattened black bristles both dorsally and ventrally, giving it a feathered appearance.