Xeromyia africana ( Rohdendorf, 1930 )

Verves, Yu. G., 2020, Review Of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) Of Middle East With Descriptions Of Ten New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (3), pp. 183-204 : 192

Xeromyia africana ( Rohdendorf, 1930) ( fig. 12 )

Apodacra (Xeromyia) africana Rohdendorf, 1930: 16 .

Xeromyia africana: Koçak & Kemal, 2015: 352 (faunistics); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 497 (in key); Verves, 1986: 85 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 20 (faunistics); Verves et al., 2015: 270 (review).

Material. Israel: 1}, Palestine, nr. Jerisheh, 4–7 mi NE of Jaffa, 26.04.1918, leg. E. Austen ( NHMUK) . ( 2 {, Berekhat Ya’ar , North, 23.05.2003, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) . 1}, Bafjam , leg. A. Freidberg, 10.06.1985 ( TAU) . 1 {, Be`er Meshash , 17.07.1985, leg. J. Susman ( TAU) . 1 {, 1}, Nahal Secher , 19.07.1984, leg. M. Kaplan ( TAU) . 1}, Negev , dunes along Nahal Sekher n. Ramat Khovav, 13.05.2006, leg. K. Szpila ( PCV) . 1}, Sede Boqer , 2.06.1953, leg. O. Theodor ( TAU) . 1}, Hazeva Field School , 30 o 43ʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ E, 14.12.1997, leg. A. Maklakov ( TAU) . 1 {, Elifaz , sewage, 5.04.1997, leg. A. Freidberg ( TAU) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: North Africa: Morocco; Asia: Israel.

H a b i t s: Psammophilous and xerophilous species.

Figures

Fig. 12. Xeromyia africana (Rohd.) (female): a —habitus in lateral view; b — abdomen in dorsal view; c —head in profile; d —head in frontal view; e —head in dorsal view; f — wing; g — label.