Brachydeutera longipes Hendel, 1913

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 : 432-433

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scientific name

Brachydeutera longipes Hendel, 1913
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Brachydeutera longipes Hendel, 1913 View in CoL

( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 40–41 )

Brachydeutera longipes Hendel, 1913: 99 View in CoL : Wirth 1964a: 7–8 [revision]; Venkatesh 1976: 175–176 [biology]; Mathis & Ghor- padé 1985: 15–18 [revision]; Mathis & Steiner 1986: 56–60 [revision]; Mathis & Winkler 2003: 414–415 [review]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2003: 642 [review]; Mathis et al. 2017: 737 [ United Arab Emirates].

Specimens examined. ♂, Asir, Karatha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 7–20. viii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, Jazan, Jazan University , 25. v. 2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 3 ♂? Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Ma- zen, 16. x. 2014, sweeping, H.A. Dawah, ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is first the record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Taiwan (Kankau) and further recorded from the Nearctic Region: Canada and USA; Neotropical Region: Mexico and Venezuela; Oriental Region: Cambodia, China (Fukien, Hong Kong), India, Indonestia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam; Palaearctic Region: Iraq and Japan; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.

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

Mathis, W. N. & Steiner, Jr. W. E. (1986) An adventive species of Brachydeutera Loew in North America (Diptera: Ephydridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 94 (1), 56 - 61.

Mathis, W. N. & Winkler, I. S. (2003) A review of the neotropical species of Brachydeutera Loew (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105 (2), 407 - 424.

Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (2003) Shore flies of the Republic of Seychelles (Diptera: Ephydridae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 53 (4), 585 - 650.

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.]

Venkatesh, M. G. (1976) Some observations on the biology of Brachydeutera longipes Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae) from West Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 57, 345 - 346.

Wirth, W. W. (1964 a) A revision of the shore flies of the genus Brachydeutera Loew (Diptera: Ephydridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 57 (1), 3 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 57.1.3

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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

Dagini

Genus

Brachydeutera