Asyndetus albifrons Parent, 1929

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia, Journal of Natural History 54 (21 - 22), pp. 1425-1454 : 1437

Asyndetus albifrons Parent, 1929

( Figure 3A )

Specimens examined

1♂, Jazan, AbuAresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 4 .iii .2013, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution

This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. The species was described from Egypt (Bir Abrag, South Eastern desert) and further recorded from Iraq ( Grichanov 2017a).

Figures

Figure 3. Dolichopodid species habitus: a – Asyndetus albifrons Parent; b – Chrysotus suavis Loew; c – Cryptophleps buttikeri Grichanov; d – Diaphorus hoffmannseggi Meigen.