Meijerella flavisetosa Sabrosky, 1976

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 : 29-30

Meijerella flavisetosa Sabrosky, 1976

( Fig 28 )

Meijerella flavisetosa Sabrosky, 1976: 93 .

Specimens examined. 1♀, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 6–27.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♀, same data but, 7–28.viii.2013 ( CERS) ; 1♂, 1♀, Asir, Al-Souda, Al-Muqtha Dam , 25.ii–1.v.2013, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Hawaii and is further recorded from Guam, Japan (Bonin Islands), Malaysia and Vietnam ( Mariana Islands) ( Nartshuk 1992; Deeming 2011). There are some specimens of this species in the NMWC collected from Borneo and Sri Lanka.

Remarks. This species was reared from decaying stem of rice and from fruit of Touchardia Gaudich. (Urticaceae) by Sabrosky (1976), who believed that the larvae of this species might be scavengers.

Figures

FIGURE 28. Meijerella flavisetosa Sabrosky, 1976. Female.