Morellia nilotica ( Loew, 1856 )

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 : 9-10

Morellia nilotica ( Loew, 1856) ( Fig. 2 )

Cyrtoneura nilotica Loew, 1856: 48 .

Specimens examined. 2m, Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre, 5–26.i.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia. It was described from Egypt. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Lebanon ( Pont 1980).

Figures

FIGURE. 2–5. Muscidae species habitus: 2) Morellia nilotica (Loew, 1856), Male; 3) Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898, Male; 4. Musca (Byomya) conducens Walker, 1859, Female; 5. Musca (Byomya) confiscata Speiser, 1924, Male.