Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann, 1824)

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 : 18

Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa

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Musca africa Wiedemann, 1824: 49 . Type locality: South Africa Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope .

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 3♂, 2♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen , 6.vi.2014, baited traps, H.A.Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Malaise trap, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 1–2.iii.2013 ( CERS) ; 1♂, Najran, Hay Al-Shurfa , 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen , 15.ix.2013, baited traps, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) . BENIN: 1♂, R.P. Benin ( NMWC) ; Aborny , xii.1988, J.S. Noyes ( NMWC) . BOTSWANA: 2♂, Tlokweng , 6–13.ii.1990, J. Moshonja ( NMWC) . ETHIOPIA: 2♂, Alemaya , vii–viii,1985, T. Mesfin ( NMWC) . IVORY COAST: 7♂, Lamoto , xi.1981, J.S. Noyes ( NMWC) . 1♂, MALTA: Wied Beba , 20.iv.1994, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 1♂, Zaria, Sameru , vii.1979, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Bouchi, Yankeri Game Reserve , 3–6.iv.1981, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 3–10.ii.1981 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 7–8.iii.1981, R. Dransfield ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 27–28.ii.1982, R. Brightwell ( NMWC) . PORTUGAL: 1♂, Parque Natural Reserve da Ria Formosa , 3.v.1998, P.M. Paven ( NMWC) . YEMEN: 1♂, Sana’a, iii. iv.1992, A. van Harten ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Near cosmopolitan (few Neotropical and Australasian records).

Remarks. Listed for the first time from Saudi Arabia by Verves (1986a).

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus: (33) Sarcophaga (Asceloctella) calicifera Böttcher, 1912, male (Oman: Muscat, Bowshar); (34) Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (35) Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux Thomson, 1869 (= exuberans Pandellé, 1896), male (Gambia: Bakau, Fajara); (36) Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes (Wiedemann, 1830), male (Oman: Al Majara, Asharqiya); 37–38. Sarcophaga dawahi Deeming, sp. nov., male (Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan): (37) same, lateral view; (38) same, dorsal view.