Parydra quadripunctata ( Meigen, 1830 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 401-445 : 433-434

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191439

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scientific name

Parydra quadripunctata ( Meigen, 1830 )
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Parydra quadripunctata ( Meigen, 1830) View in CoL

( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 40–41 )

Ephydra quadripunctata Meigen, 1830: 117 View in CoL .

Parydra quadripunctata: Loew 1860: 33 View in CoL [generic combination].

Napaea quadripunctata: Becker 1926: 102 [generic combination].

Ephydra furcata Zetterstedt 1838: 716 View in CoL : Loew 1860: 33 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen , 16. x. 2014, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 1–25. v. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♀, same data but 9–30. v. 2014 ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. The type locality was not given or specified ( Germany?). It is widespread in Europe and further recorded from Afghanistan, Japan, Tadzhikistan and Uzbekistan.

Becker, T. (1926) 56 a Ephydridae und 56 b Canaceidae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. Band VI. 1. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 1 - 115.

Hendel, F. (1913) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Acalyptrate Musciden (Diptera). II. Supplementa Entomologica, 2, 77 - 112.

Loew, H. (1860) Neue Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren. Siebenter Beitrag. Programm Konigligen Realschule zu Meseritz, 1860, 1 - 46.

Meigen, J. W. (1830) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Vol. 6. Schulz, Hamm, 6, xi + 401 pp.

Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838) Insecta Lapponica. Voss, Lipsiae, VI + 1140 pp.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 40–41. Habitus, lateral view. 40. Brachydeutera longipes Hendel, 1913. 41. Parydra quadripunctata (Meigen, 1830), male (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Ephydrinae

Tribe

Parydrini

Genus

Parydra