Argyrochlamys cavicola (Parent, 1929)

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 : 1439

Argyrochlamys cavicola (Parent, 1929)

( Figure 4A )

Specimens examined

1♂, Jazan, Um Al-Raq Island , 25 .xi .2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah (CERS).

Distribution

This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. The species was described from Sudan (Mersa Halaib) and further recorded from Djibouti and Oman ( Grichanov 2018, p. 27).

Remarks. This species is commonly found in burrows of the littoral turret-building crab Ocypode Weber (M.J. Ebejer, NMWC; personal communication).

Figures

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