Apotropina gregalis ( Lamb, 1937 )

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 : 9-10

Apotropina gregalis ( Lamb, 1937)

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Oscinella gregalis Lamb, 1937: 430 .

Specimens examined. 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hey Al-Nusub , 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 11.xii–13.i.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, same data but, 30.viii.2010 ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 2♂, same data but 1.v.–11.vi.2006 ( CERS) ; 2♂, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre, 5–26.i.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was described from Namibia and is further recorded from Nigeria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia ( Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012; El-Hawagry et al. 2018). There are some specimens of A.gregalis in the NMWC collected from Cape Verde Islands, Mali, and Niger.

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FIGURE 3. Apotropina gregalis (Lamb, 1937). Male.