Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

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 : 23-24

Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830) ( Fig. 30 )

Coenosia humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441 ; Pont, 1986; Skidmore 1985, non Hennig,1964 nec auctt., syn. A. ferruginea van Emden, 1940 .

Specimens examined. 2m, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub , 6–27.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 2f, same data but 3.iii.–3.vi.2001 ; 1m, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 1–20.xi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1m, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm , 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2013; 2016; 2017). It was described from Sudan. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Oman and the United Arab Emirates ( Pont 1980; 1991; Deeming 2008).

Biological remarks. Reared from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in Kenya.

Figures

FIGURE. 28–31. Muscidae species habitus: 28) Atherigona (Atherigona) conigera Emden, 1940, Male; 29) Atherigona (Atherigona) gilvifolia Emden, 1940, Male; 30) Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis (Wiedemann, 1830), Male; 31) Atherigona (Atherigona) hyalinipennis Emden, 1959, Male.