Discocerina obscurella ( Fallén, 1813 )

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 : 420-421

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191365

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scientific name

Discocerina obscurella ( Fallén, 1813 )
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Discocerina obscurella ( Fallén, 1813) View in CoL

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Notiphila obscurella Fallén, 1813: 251 View in CoL .

Discocerina obscurella: Haliday 1839: 224 View in CoL [generic combination]; Foote & Eastin 1974: 401–408 [preimaginal stages]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2010: 107–110 [revision].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) obscurella: Stenhammar 1844: 160 [generic combination].

Clasiopa obscurella: Schiner 1864: 57 [generic combination].

Drosophila cinerella Fallén 1823: 7 : Bächli 1990: 845 [synonymy].

Diastata luctuosa Meigen 1830: 97 : Becker 1902: 304 [synonymy].

Notiphila nigrina Meigen 1830: 69 View in CoL : Haliday 1839: 224 [synonymy].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) nigrina: Stenhammar 1844: 160 View in CoL [generic combination].

Clasiopa nigrina: Schiner 1864: 57 [generic combination].

Notiphila pusilla Meigen 1830: 71 View in CoL : Becker 1902: 297 [synonymy].

Discocerina pusilla: Macquart 1835: 527 View in CoL [generic combination].

Notiphila tristis Meigen 1830: 72 View in CoL : Becker 1902: 297 [synonymy].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) pallidula Stenhammar 1844: 257 View in CoL : Dahl 1959: 156 [synonymy].

Clasiopa pallidula: Schiner 1864: 57 View in CoL [generic combination].

Discocerina pallidula: Becker 1926: 43 [generic combination].

Ditrichophora pallidula: Cogan 1984: 136 View in CoL [generic combination].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 9–30. v. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, same data but 1–25. v. 2012 ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Sweden and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Congo, Kenya, Rodriguez Islands; Nearctic Region: Canada, United States; Neotropical Region: Antilles, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; Palaearctic Region: widespread in Europe, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Iran, Jordan, Madeira Islands, Morocco, Russia (European Territory, Far East), and Turkey.

Bachli, G. (1990) Type specimens of Drosophilidae (Diptera) described by Linnaeus, Fallen, Wahlberg and Zetterstedt. Revue suisse de zoologie, 97 (4), 843 - 849. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 79764

Becker, T. (1902) Die Meigen'schen Typen der sogen. Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 2, 209 - 256 + 289 - 349.

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.

Cogan, B. H. (1984) Family Ephydridae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 10. Elsevier, Budapest, pp. 126 - 176. [402 pp.]

Dahl, R. G. (1959) Studies on Scandinavian Ephydridae (Diptera Brachycera). Opuscula Entomologica Supplementum, 15, 1 - 224.

Fallen, C. F. (1813) Beskrifning Ofver nagr i Sverige Funna Vattenflugor (Hydromyzidae). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Hindlinger, 3, 1813, 240 - 257.

Fallen, C. F. (1823) Hydromyzides Sveciae. Berlingianis, Lundae (Lund), 12 pp.

Foote, B. A. & Eastin, W. C. (1974) Biology and immature stages of Discocerina obscurella (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington, 76 (4), 401 - 408.

Haliday, A. H. (1839) Remarks on the generic distribution of the British Hydromyzidae. Annals of Natural History, 3, 217 - 224 + 401 - 411. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745483909443252

Macquart, M. J. (1835) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Dipteres, Tome deuxieme. In: Roret, N. E. (Ed.), Diptera. Vol. 2. Collection des Suites a Buffon, Paris, pp. 1 - 703, 12 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14274

Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (2010) New species and other taxonomic modifications for shore flies from the Delmarva States (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 112 (1), 97 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.4289 / 0013 - 8797 - 112.1.97

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

Schiner, J. R. (1864) Catalogus systematicus Dipterorum Europae. impensis Societatis zoologico-botanicae editus, Vindobonae, 115 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 39977

Stenhammar, C. (1844) Forsok till Gruppering och Revision af de Svenska Ephydrinae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Hindlinger, 1843 (3), 75 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 16236

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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

Discocerinini

Genus

Discocerina