An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
0000-0002-3323-3623
mohd_robiya@hotmail.com
Author
Ahmad, Syed Kamran
0000-0002-6211-2345
entosaif@rediffmail.com
Author
Al-Dhafer, Hathal
0000-0002-4911-2332
hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa
Author
Turner, James
0000-0003-2411-7396
urner@museumwales.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-25
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Eumerus cistanchei
Efflatoun, 1926
(
Figs 25–27
)
Eumerus cistanchei
Efflatoun, 1926: 297
Examined specimens.
1♂
,
Asir
,
Maraba
,
Al-Hudaity Fruit Farm
,
22.iv. 2013
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1♀
, same locality but
15.x–30.xi.2004
(
CERS
)
;
1♀
,
Jazan
,
Abu-Aresh
,
Al-Mahdag Village
,
22.iv.2012
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
;
1♂
,
1♀
,
Jazan
,
Farasan Island
,
Aziz Yousef Village
,
2–15.iii.2014
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
;
NMWC
)
;
1♂
,
Najran
,
Al-Shurfa
,
Saleh Maqbol Farm
,
14–28.v.2014
,
Malaise trap
,
H.A. Dawah
(
CERS
)
.
Distribution.
This is the first record from
Saudi Arabia
.
E. cistanchei
was described from
Egypt
and is further recorded from
Israel
and
United Arab Emirates
(
Peck 1988
;
Smit
et al
. 2017
).
Remarks.
This species was reared from the stems of
Cistanche phelypae
(L.) Cout. (
Orobanchaceae
), which is an obligate parasitic plant used locally as food (
Dirickx 1994
).
E. cistanchei
could be associated with
C. phelypae
(
Table 2
) which is recorded from
Jazan
, Farasan Island by
Rahman
et al
. (2002)
and from
Jazan
mainland by
Masrahi (2012)
but this needs confirmation as there is no record of
E. cistanchei
being reared from
C. phelypae
in
Saudi Arabia
.