Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898

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 : 10

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Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898 ( Fig. 3)

Musca biseta Hough, 1898: 173 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 1f, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 25.i–16.ii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 2f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) .

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2017; 2018). It was described from Somalia. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Iran, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen ( Pont 1991; Deeming 2008; Dawah & Abdullah 2009; Moradil et al. 2013).

Biological remarks. The biology of this species is very similar to that of M. sorbens . Vlassor & Stackelberg, quoted in Hennig (1964) recorded large numbers of larvae from a dead tortoise ( Testudo horsfieldi Gray ) ( Dawah & Abdullah 2009). It is a persistent sweat-fly and eye-fly ( Skidmore 1985).

References

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

Deeming, J. C. (2008) Order Diptera, family Muscidae. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.), Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Vol. 1. Dar Al-Ummah Printing, Publishing, Distribution & Advertising, Abu Dhabi, pp. 714 - 723.

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

El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S. & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2018) A contribution to the knowledge of fly fauna in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: new country records and an account of flies identified from Rawdhats, Riyadh Region, with biogeographical remarks (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of Natural History, 52 (21 - 22), 1377 - 1393. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2018.1456575

Hough, G. de N. (1898) The Muscidae collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Somaliland. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1898, 165 - 187.

Moradil, S., Pont, A., Tavassolil, M. & Naem, S. (2013) New records of Muscidae (Diptera) in the west of Iran. Zoology in the Middle East, 59 (4), 360 - 362. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2013.868145

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

Skidmore, P. (1985) The Biology of the Muscidae of the World. Series Entomologica 29. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 550 pp.