Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia van Emden, 1940

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 25-26

Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia van Emden, 1940 ( Fig. 34 )

Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia van Emden, 1940: 130 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 1f, Jazan, Sabya, Basahy Farm, 4–25.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah ( CERS); 1f, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.x.2004, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1m, same data but 15.x.–3.xii.2004 ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009). It was described from Ruwenzori in Uganda from a single male.

Biological remarks. Reared during January and February from shoots of Rhytachne rottboellioides Desv. growing on the margins of Samaru lake in Nigeria ( Deeming 1971) and from cultivated tef ( Eragrostis tef ) in Ethiopia ( Nigus & Damte 2018).

Figures

FIGURE. 32–36. Muscidae species habitus: 32) Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata (Loew, 1852), Female; 33) Atherigona (Atherigona) lineata (Adams, 1905), Male; 34) Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia Emden, 1940, Male; 35) Atherigona (Atherigona) naqvii Steyskal, 1966, Male; 36) Atherigona (Atherigona) pulla Wiedemann, 1830, Male.