Lispe kowarzi Becker, 1903

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 37-38

Lispe kowarzi Becker, 1903 ( Fig. 60 )

Lispe kowarzi Becker, 1903: 116 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 1f, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha farm centre), 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, 1f, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1f, Jazan, Um Al-Raq Island , 21.x.–25.xi.2015, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) . In the Middle East it was recorded from

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009). It was described from Egypt. In the Middle East it was recorded from Egypt, Iran, Israel and Turkey ( Vikhrev 2012a; 2014).

Biological remarks. This predaceous fly is usually found near water.

Figures

FIGURE. 59–62. Muscidae species habitus: 59) Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909, Female; 60) Lispe kowarzi Becker, 1903, Male; 61) Lispe nana Macquart, 1835, Male; 62) Lispe pectinipes Becker, 1903, Female.