Syntormon pumilus (Meigen, 1824)

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 : 1447

Syntormon pumilus (Meigen, 1824)

( Figure 6D )

Specimens examined

1♂, Asir, Al-Souda, Al-Muqtha Dam, 1 .ii .2012, Sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. The species is widespread in the Palaearctic region ( Grichanov 2018). However, some old records may belong to Syntormon denticulatus (Zetterstedt) and should be confirmed.

Figures

Figure 6. Dolichopodid species habitus: a – Micromorphus albipes (Zetterstedt); b – Condylostylus longicornis (Fabricius); c – Sympycnus basilaris (Curran); e – Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius); d – Syntormon pumilus (Meigen).