Dolichotachina proxima, Seguy, 1953

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 8

Dolichotachina proxima

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Dolichotachina proxima Séguy, 1953: 68 . Type locality: Mauritania, Fort Gouraud.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Malaise trap, 6– 27.iii.2013, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 3♂, same locality but 25.ii.–25.v.2002 ( NMWC) ; Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen , 20.v.2013, baited traps, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 2♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) . BENIN: 2♂, Dahomey, Aborney Calavi c. 25 km N of Cotonou, xii.1988, J.S. Noyes ( NMWC) . MALI: 1♂, Mourdish , 25–31.vii.1986, M. Mattews ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 13–25.viii.1986 ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 1♂, Yankeri Game Reserve ; 3–6.iv.1981, R. Dransfield ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 7– 8.iii.1981 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 8–11.ii.1981 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 22.vi.1981 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 27.ii.1982 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 4–5.iv.1982, R. Brightwell ( NMWC) . YEMEN: 3♂, Al Kowd [= Al Kawd], Malaise trap, iv.1983, A. van Harten ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Benin *, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali *, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia *, Yemen *.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Dawah & Abdullah (2005).

Figures

FIGURES 7–8. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (7) Beludzhia phylloteliptera (Rohdendorf, 1935), male (Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy fruit farm); (8) Dolichotachina proxima Séguy, 1953, male (Benin, Dahomey, Abomey-Calavi).