Sympycnus basilaris (Curran, 1924)

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

Sympycnus basilaris (Curran, 1924)

( Figure 6C )

Specimens examined

1♂, Asir, Abha , Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 1 .ii .2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS); 1♀, Asir, same locality but 1–25 .v .2013; 3♂, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 13 .iii .2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Remarks

This genus and species are the first records from Saudi Arabia. The species was described from South Africa, having four synonymic names. It is widespread in the Afrotropical region ( Grichanov 2018).

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).