Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis, Macquart, 1851

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 : 13

Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis

( Fig. 25 ) Agria brunnipalpis Macquart, 1851: 208 (235). Type locality: Africa [“Afrique”].

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Um Al-Raq Island , 21.x.–25.xi.2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) . OMAN: 1♂, Dhofar, Shuwamiyah , on beach, 20.xi.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 40 km SW of Al Khuwayma , 20º10’N 58º56’E, at light on dunes, 22.i.1998, M.D. Gallagher & I.D. Harrison ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Gambia, Oman *, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Verves (1986a).

Figures

FIGURES 24–30. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (24) Sphenometopa fastuosa (Meigen, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (25) Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis (Macquart, 1851), male (Oman: Dhofar, Shuwaymiyah); (26) Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve in Becker, 1910, male (Oman: E. Coast, Dibab); (27) Wohlfahrtia indigens Villeneuve, 1928, male (UAE, Sharjah desert Park); (28) Wohlfahrtia nuba (Wiedemann, 1830), male (N Cyprus: Alagadi Beach); (29) Blaesoxipha rufipes (Macquart, 1839), male (Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm); (30) Ravinia pernix (Harris, 1780), male (Cyprus: N Akrounta).