Eremomidas Semenov, 1896

Dikow, T., 2010, Order Diptera, family Mydidae, Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates 3, Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah, pp. 608-615 : 608

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Genus Eremomidas Semenov, 1896 View in CoL

The genus Eremomidas comprises five species primarily known from central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan), with a single species in the Afrotropical region (Yemen). This Afrotropical species is here recorded from Oman and the UAE for the first time.

Specimens studied: Ad-Dhaid, village Rasheed , 25 ° 17 ' N 55 ° 53 ' E, 1 ♀, 23. ix. 2007, leg. J. Batelka & H. Pinda ( NMWC); GoogleMaps Khor Yfrah , 25 ° 31 ' N 55 ° 35 ' E, 1 ♀, 15. ix. 2006, leg. B. Howarth ( ENHG) GoogleMaps . Wadi Bih , 1 ♀, 24. ix. 1979, leg. J. Brown ( BMNH) . OMAN: Al-Wusta, between QarnAlam and Haima , 20 ° 45 ' N 57 ° 05 ' E, 1 ♂, 19. ix. 1979, leg. R. Whitcombe ( BMNH) GoogleMaps . Ash-Sharqiyah, Wahiba Sands , SE Wasil, 22 ° 26 ' N 58 ° 45 ' E, 1 ♂, 25. x. 1990, leg. M. Gallagher & J. Deeming ( NMWC) GoogleMaps .