Tachytrechus brittoni Grichanov, 1998

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia, Journal of Natural History 54 (21 - 22), pp. 1425-1454 : 1441

Tachytrechus brittoni Grichanov, 1998

( Figure 4D )

Specimens examined

1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 20 .iv .2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) .

Distribution

The species was described from Yemen and was not recorded furthermore. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 4. Dolichopodid species habitus: a – Argyrochlamys cavicola (Parent); b – Hercostomus plagiatus (Loew); c – Tachytrechus brittoni Grichanov; d – Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius).