Dichaetomyia luteiventris ( Rondani, 1873 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 22

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4442767

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scientific name

Dichaetomyia luteiventris ( Rondani, 1873 )
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Dichaetomyia luteiventris ( Rondani, 1873) View in CoL ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE )

Anthomyia luteiventris Rondani, 1873: 288 View in CoL .

Specimens examined. 3m, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 16–31.xii.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Ethiopia. It was recorded from Oman by Pont (1991).

Biological remarks. Pont (1991) reported that this species has been recorded as breeding in cow dung.

Dawah, H. A. & Abdullah, M. A. (2009) The Muscidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Muscomorpha) of south-western Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Arabia, 24, 373 - 396.

El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., El-Sonbati & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2017) A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Gard Raydah Nature Reserve, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Natural History, 51 (25 - 26), 1499 - 1530. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2017.1347299

Pont, A. C. (1991) A review of the Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 12, 312 - 265.

Rondani, C. (1873) Muscaria exotica Musei Civici Januensis observata et distincta a Prof. Camillo Rondani. Fragmentum 1. Species aliquae in Abyssinia (Regione Bogos) lectae a Doct. O. Beccari et March. O. Antinori anno 1870 - 1871. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova, 4, 282 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 9095

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FIGURE. 24–27. Muscidae species habitus: 24) Phaonia virgata Stein, 1913, Female; 25) Dichaetomyia luteiventris (Rondani, 1873), Male; 26) Atherigona (Atherigona) angulata Deeming, 1971, Male; 27) Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi Emden, 1940, Male.

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

SubFamily

Phaoniinae

Tribe

Dichaetomyiini

Genus

Dichaetomyia