Lasiochaeta vulgaris ( Adams, 1905 )

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 : 29

Lasiochaeta vulgaris ( Adams, 1905)

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Crassiseta vulgaris Adams, 1905: 191 .

Specimens examined. 1♀, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village , 9.ii.2012, sweeping, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 3♀, Asir, Al-Souda, Al-Muqtha Dam , 2.ii.2012, sweeping, J.C. Deeming ( CERS) ; 1♂ Asir, Tanoma, Al-Kerya Village , sweeping grasses, 20.iii.2003, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 2 ♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.– 25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming & Al-Dhafer (2012); El-Hawagry et al. (2016; 2017). This species was described from Rhodesia ( Zimbabwe and Zambia) and further recorded from Angola, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Ivory coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia ( Sabrosky 1980).

Figures

FIGURE 27. Lasiochaeta vulgaris (Adams, 1905). Female.