An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed K.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-17
4711
3
401
445
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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Mosillus beckeri
(
Cresson, 1925
)
(
Fig. 27–28
)
Gymnopa beckeri
Cresson, 1925: 231
.
Mosillus beckeri
:
Wirth 1964b: 1
[generic combination];
Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 391
[
Saudi Arabia
].
Specimens examined.
1 ♀
,
Asir
,
Maraba
,
6–27. viii. 2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
and
M.A. Abdullah
(
CERS
)
;
1 ♀
, same data but,
1–31. v. 2004
(
NMWC
)
.
Other Saudi Arabian records:
Asir Region
: Maraba:
60 km
S of
Abha
(
Dawah & Abdullah 2006
)
Distribution.
This species was previously recorded from
Saudi Arabia
by
Dawah & Abdullah (2006)
. It was described from
Sudan
(Senaar) and recorded from the Afrotropical Region:
Niger
,
Tanzania
and
Zimbabwe
. There are some specimens in NMWC collected from
Kenya
,
Nigeria
and
Yemen
.
Biology
: Unknown.