Blaesoxipha (Blaesoxipha) rufipes (Macquart, 1839)

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 : 15-16

Blaesoxipha (Blaesoxipha) rufipes

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Agria rufipes Macquart, 1839: 113 . Type locality: Canary Islands [probably Tenerife].

Blaesoxipha filipjevi Rohdendorf, 1928: 26 . Type locality: Russia, Dagestan, Chernyi Rynok, Monastyrskiy, Alexandro-Newskya .

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 2♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 4♀, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm , 13–30.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) ; 3♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♀, same locality but 1–30.v.2004; 2m, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) . AUSTRALIA: 1♂, Queensland, Ayr. Swan Lagoon , 15–17.iii.1986, J. den Hollander, Malaise trap ( NMWC) . BENIN: 1♂, Cotonou , 30.i.1993, Colic Lomer, ex adult of Harpezocatantops stylifer (NMWC) . CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: 1♂, São Jorge dos Orgãos , ix.1985, A. van Harten ( NMWC) . FRANCE: 1♀, Vaucluse, nr. Carpentros, Bédoin , 20.vii.–3.viii.1982, M.F. Claridge ( NMWC) . GAMBIA: 1♂, N. Bank. Div., Lower Baddiba Distr., Chagain , Kuba , 21.vii.1997, D.J. Mann, ground nut plot ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Western Div., Kombo district, Yundum Agricultural Station , 19.viii.1997, D.J. Mann, swept at night ( NMWC) . KENYA: 1♀, Rift Valley, Ol Arabe , 18.xi.1988, Gorge ( NMWC) . MALI: 1♀, 2♂, Mourdish , 3–12.x.1986, M. Matthews ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 3♀, Lagos, Ikoyi Park , 9-19.i.1973, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Yankeri Game Reserve , 16.xi.1980, R. Dranefield ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Zaria, Giwa , 9.xi.1975, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) . OMAN: 1♀, Al Ansab Lagoons , 23º33’N 58º19’E, 7.iii.1996, M.D. Gallagher, waterside vegetation ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Azores, Benin *, Botswana, Cameroon, Canary Is, Cape Verde Is, China, Comores, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia. [Introduced: USA (Hawaii, California, probably not established).]

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Verves (1986a).

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).