Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 401-445 : 420

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EF990EE4-6D69-41DE-A7ED-6C3B5141B106
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191360
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scientific name	Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903 )
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Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903) View in CoL

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Clasiopa galactoptera Becker, 1903: 161 View in CoL .

Discocerina galactoptera: Becker 1926: 41 [generic combination].

Diclasiopa galactoptera: Steyskal and Bialy 1967: 30 View in CoL [generic combination]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 391 [ Saudi Arabia].

Specimens examined. 6 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Maraba , 1–31. v. 2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah & M.A. Abdullah ( NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Maraba: 60 km S of Abha ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006)

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006). It was described from Egypt (“ Kairo, Luxor und Assuan ” (=Al-Qâhira, Luxor, Aswân )) and also recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan and Morocco. There are some specimens of this species in NMWC collected from Niger (Aïr Massif).

Biology. Unknown. It was found in association with water (Dr. J.C. Deeming, pers. comm.).