Coenosia aurifacies 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 : 42

Coenosia aurifacies van Emden, 1940 ( Fig. 68 )

Coenosia aurifacies van Emden, 1940: 146 . Later transferred into Caricea Robineau-Desvoidy , now synonymised with Coenosia Meigen.

Specimens examined. 2m, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen , 25.ii–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Al-Souda, Al-Muqtha Dam , 14.iii.2013, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993). It was described from Kenya. In the Middle East it has been recorded only from Yemen ( van Emden 1948; Pont 1980).

Figures

FIGURE. 67–70. Muscidae species habitus: 67) Coenosia attenuata Stein in Becker, 1903, Male; 68) Coenosia aurifacies Emden, 1940, Male; 69) Coenosia cuthbertsoni Curran, 1935, Male; 70) Coenosia humilis Meigen, 1826, Male.