Pelina similis Papp, 1974

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 : 430

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191425

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scientific name

Pelina similis Papp, 1974
status

 

Pelina similis Papp, 1974 View in CoL

( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–35 )

Pelina similis Papp, 1974: 406 View in CoL .

Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25. ii.–25. v. 2002, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Hungary (Domsod, Apaj-puszta) and further recorded from Azerbaijan, Czechia, Greece, Romania, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

Papp, L. (1974) New or little known species of Ephydridae and Sphaeroceridae from Hungary (Diptera: Acalyptratae). Acta Zoologica Hungarici, 20 (3 - 4), 403 - 409.

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FIGURES 34–35. Habitus, lateral view. 34. Pelina similis L. Papp, 1974, male. 35. Philygria posticata (Meigen, 1830), male (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Ilytheinae

Tribe

Hyadinini

Genus

Pelina