Metopostigma sabulona Becker, 1910b

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4791 (1), pp. 1-71 : 52

Metopostigma sabulona Becker, 1910b

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Metopostigma sabulona Becker, 1910b: 64 .

Specimens examined. 1♂, 1♀, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Faisel Al-Refae Farm , sweeping weedy preheading forage sor- ghum, 10.ii.2012, J.C. Deeming and H. A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 2♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 3.iii.2001, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) ; 2♀ Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) ; 3♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006); El-Hawagry et al. (2018). It was described from Egypt and further recorded from Palestine and Pakistan ( Nartshuk 1984). It is further recorded from Oman, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen ( Deeming 2011). There are some specimens of this species in NMWC collected from India.

Figures

FIGURE 57. Metopostigma sabulona Becker. Female.