Oedenops isis 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 : 412

Oedenops isis Becker, 1903

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Oedenops isis Becker, 1903: 178 : Cogan 1968: 355–356 [revision]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54–57 [revision].

Oedenops nudus of authors, not Becker [misidentification]: Cresson 1929: 183–184 [discussion, synonymy of O. isis Becker with O. nudus (Coquillett) ].

Oedenops aurantiacus Giordani Soika 1956b: 123 : Cogan 1968: 355 [revision]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54 [synonymy].

Oedenops flavitarsis Miyagi 1977: 46 : Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Abha, 4. vii. 1983, sweeping, A.S. Talhouk (Basel Museum).

Distribution. This is first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. It was described from Egypt (Island Philae on the river Nile) and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Namibia and Sudan; Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (Queensland); Oriental Region: China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam; Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Israel and Japan. There are some specimens of O. isis in NMWC collected from Nigeria and Yemen.

Remarks: The above specimen was identified by Dr John Deeming for the Basel Museum (J.C. Deeming; pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURES 10–11. Habitus, lateral view. 10. Oedenops isis Becker, 1903, female. 11. Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910, male (Images: James Turner, NMWC).