Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4791 (1), pp. 1-71 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96163E4E-BE84-4CF0-BD34-7E8BF815114D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586772

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/031FAE03-8B59-FFDE-FF09-F99EFBBB6D88

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scientific name

Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913
status

 

Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913 View in CoL

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Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913:152 View in CoL .

Specimens examined. 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 27.xi.–10.xii.2011, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same data but 1.vii.–30.vii.2010 ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.– 25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006). It was described from Ethiopia and further recorded from Cameroun, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Yemen ( Sabrosky 1980; Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012).

Biology. Species of Elachiptereicus are primary attackers of shoots of grasses.

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chloropidae

SubFamily

Chloropinae

Genus

Elachiptereicus

Loc

Elachiptereicus abessynicus Becker, 1913

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C. 2020
2020
Loc

Elachiptereicus abessynicus

Becker 1913: 152
1913
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