Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907

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 : 44-45

Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907 ( Fig. 75 )

Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907: 447 .

Lyperosia rufipalpis Becker, 1910:148 . South Yemen.

Specimens examined. 1f, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 5–20.vi.2011, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS); 1m, 1f , Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1986). It was described from Yemen. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen ( Pont 1986; Pont 1991; Deeming 2008; Dawah & Abdullah 2009).

Biological remarks. Larvae live in cow, horse and mule dung ( Zumpt 1973). The blood-feeding adults are crepuscular or nocturnal, and attack cattle, horses and camels ( Pont 1991).

Figures

FIGURE. 75–76. Muscidae species habitus: 75) Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907, Female; 76) Stygeromyia sanguinaria Austen, 1909, Male.