Sarcotachina aegyptiaca, Villeneuve, 1910

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 : 11

Sarcotachina aegyptiaca

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Sarcotachina aegyptiaca Villeneuve, 1910: 151 . Type locality: Egypt, Aswan; Egypt, Siala; Egypt, Alexandria .

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub , 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 6♂, 1♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad , Malaise trap, 25.ii.–25.v.2002 ( CERS; MNWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, Najran, Hay Al-Shurfa , 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–31.xii.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but, 1.v.2013 ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia *, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Yemen.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia.

Figures

FIGURES 20–23. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (20) Protomiltogramma africana Curran, 1936, male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, Abha Farm Centre); (21) Protomiltogramma santosdiasi Zumpt, 1961, male (Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre); (22) Sarcotachina aegyptiaca Villeneuve, 1910, male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel); (23) Senotainia tricuspis (Meigen, 1838), male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, Abha Farm Centre).