Musca (Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4442716
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scientific name	Musca (Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869
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Musca (Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869 View in CoL ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE )

Musca lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869: 548 View in CoL .

Specimens examined. 2m, 3f, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen , 25.ii.–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) .

Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia. It was described from South Africa. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Yemen (van Emden 1984).

Thomson, C. G. (1869) Diptera. Species novas descripsit C. G. Thomson. In: Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befall af C. A. Virgin aren 1851 - 1853. 2 (Zoologi) (section), 1, Insecta. Almqvist & Wiksells, Uppsala, pp. 443 - 614.

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FIGURE. 6–9. Muscidae species habitus: 6) Musca (Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869, Male; 7) Musca (Byomya) lucidula Loew, 1856, Female; 8) Musca (Lissosterna) albina Wiedemann, 1830, Female; 9) Musca domestica L., ssp. calleva Walker, 1849, Male.