Hecamede (Hecamede) maritima Mathis, 1993

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 : 427

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191407

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scientific name

Hecamede (Hecamede) maritima Mathis, 1993
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Hecamede (Hecamede) maritima Mathis, 1993 View in CoL

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Hecamede maritima Mathis, 1993: 26 View in CoL ; Mathis et al. 2017: 720–721 [ United Arab Emirates].

Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Jazan, Al-Shogaiek , 12. ii. 2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♀, Jazan, Farasan Island (under the Al-Saged Bridge), 9. ii. 2012, J.C. Deeming and H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Egypt (Sinai, Nabk) and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Oman and Palestine; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.

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 30–31. Habitus, lateral view. 30. Allotrichoma laterale (Loew, 1860), male. 31. Hecamede maritima Mathis, 1993, female (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

Gallery Image

FIGURES 32–33. Habitus, lateral view. 32. Hecamede maritima Mathis, 1993, male. 33. Nostima picta (Fallén, 1813), female (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Gymnomyzinae

Tribe

Hecamedini

Genus

Hecamede

SubGenus

Hecamede