Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903 )

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 : 420

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EF990EE4-6D69-41DE-A7ED-6C3B5141B106

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191360

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scientific name

Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903 )
status

 

Diclasiopa galactoptera ( Becker, 1903) View in CoL

( Fig. 20–21 View FIGURES 20–21 )

Clasiopa galactoptera Becker, 1903: 161 View in CoL .

Discocerina galactoptera: Becker 1926: 41 [generic combination].

Diclasiopa galactoptera: Steyskal and Bialy 1967: 30 View in CoL [generic combination]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 391 [ Saudi Arabia].

Specimens examined. 6 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Maraba , 1–31. v. 2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah & M.A. Abdullah ( NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Maraba: 60 km S of Abha ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006)

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006). It was described from Egypt (“ Kairo, Luxor und Assuan ” (=Al-Qâhira, Luxor, Aswân )) and also recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan and Morocco. There are some specimens of this species in NMWC collected from Niger (Aïr Massif).

Biology. Unknown. It was found in association with water (Dr. J.C. Deeming, pers. comm.).

Becker, T. (1903) Aegyptische Dipteren Gesammelt und Beschrieben (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 2 (1), 67 - 195.

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.

Dawah, H. A. & Abdullah, M. A. (2006) The Ephydridae (Diptera: Brachycera: Muscomorpha) of south-western Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Arabia, 21, 383 - 394.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 20–21. Habitus of Diclasiopa galactoptera (Becker, 1903), lateral view. 20. male. 21. female (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Gymnomyzinae

Tribe

Discocerinini

Genus

Diclasiopa