Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903

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Scoliophthalmus trapezoides Becker, 1903: 147 .

Specimens examined. 1♂, 2♀, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag village, 1.ii.–3.vi.2011, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; same data but, 1.ii.2011 (CERS); 2♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 14.iv.2001, sweeping grasses, H.A. Dawah (NMWC; CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm, 15.v.–11.vi.2006, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 2♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) .

Distribution. It was recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006); El-Hawagry et al. (2016; 2017). It was described from Egypt and further recorded from Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (Sabrosky 1980).

Remarks. This species is a primary attacker of shoots of Poaceae . It has been reared in Africa from cultivated sorghum, bullrush millet and maize. Other host plants listed by Deeming (1972: 20) are Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.), Pennisetum purpureum Schumach, Hyparrhenia cyanescens (Stapf), Sporobolus pyramidalis Beauv., Oryza barthii A. (Chev.), Echinochloa sp., Eleusine coracana Gaertn., and Setaria sphacelata M.b. Moss (Dawah & Abdullah 2006; Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012).