Wohlfahrtia indigens, Villeneuve, 1928

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 14

Wohlfahrtia indigens

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Wohlfahrtia indigens Villeneuve, 1928: 49 . Type locality: Algeria, Laghouat.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 2♂, 2♀, Jazan, Sabya , 8.v–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi. 2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 1-31.v.2004 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but, 1.ii.2012 ( CERS) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Islands, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Büttiker et al. (1979).

Figures

FIGURES 24–30. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (24) Sphenometopa fastuosa (Meigen, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (25) Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis (Macquart, 1851), male (Oman: Dhofar, Shuwaymiyah); (26) Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve in Becker, 1910, male (Oman: E. Coast, Dibab); (27) Wohlfahrtia indigens Villeneuve, 1928, male (UAE, Sharjah desert Park); (28) Wohlfahrtia nuba (Wiedemann, 1830), male (N Cyprus: Alagadi Beach); (29) Blaesoxipha rufipes (Macquart, 1839), male (Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm); (30) Ravinia pernix (Harris, 1780), male (Cyprus: N Akrounta).