Elachiptera simplicipes Becker, 1910a

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Elachiptera simplicipes Becker, 1910a: 425 .

Specimens examined. 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 1.ii.2012, sweeping cultivation under palms, J.C. Deeming (NMWC) ; 1♂, 2♀, same data but 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Tanoma, Al-Kerya Village, sweeping grasses, 20.iii.2003, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006); El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Kenya and is further recorded from Ethiopia, Liberia, Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Yemen (Sabrosky 1980) (NMWC collection).

Biology. Species of Elachiptera are secondary shoots attackers of Poaceae, gymnosperm cones and decaying vegetable matter. In Ethiopia this species has been reared from shoots of Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) (Deeming & Al- Dhafer 2012).