Athyroglossa (Athyroglossa) argyrata Hendel, 1931

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 : 422

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191379

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scientific name

Athyroglossa (Athyroglossa) argyrata Hendel, 1931
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Athyroglossa (Athyroglossa) argyrata Hendel, 1931 View in CoL

( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22–23 )

Athyroglossa argyrata Hendel, 1931: 67 View in CoL : Mathis & Zatwarnicki 1990: 108–110 [revision]; Mathis et al. 2017: 701–702 [ Oman, United Arab Emiates].

Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Asir, Karatha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 15. v.–11. vi. 2006, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Egypt (Gebel Elba, Wadi Edieb) and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan and United Arab Emirates; Palaearctic Region: Egypt and Palestine.

Hendel, F. (1931) Neue aegyptische Dipteren aus der Gruppe der acalyptraten Musciden, gesammelt van Prof. Efflatoun Bey. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, New Series, 15, 59 - 73.

Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (1990) A review of the western palearctic species of Athyroglossa (Diptera: Ephydridae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 116 (1), 103 - 133.

Mathis, W. N., Zatwarnicki, T., Stuke, J. H. & Deeming, J. C. (2017) A conspectus on shore-flies from the United Arab Emirates. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.), Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Vol. 6. Dar Al-Ummah Printing, Publishing, Distribution & Advertising, Abu Dhabi, pp. 636 - 61. [754 pp.]

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FIGURES 22–23. Habitus, lateral view. 22. Discocerina obscurella Fallén, 1813, male, lateral view. 23. Athyroglossa argyrata Hendel, 1931, female (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Gymnomyzinae

Tribe

Gymnomyzini

Genus

Athyroglossa

SubGenus

Athyroglossa