Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907 )

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 : 408

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scientific name

Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907 )
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Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907) View in CoL

Ephygrobia leucostoma var. biskrae Becker, 1907: 397 View in CoL .

Psilopa biskrae: Becker 1926: 33 [generic combination, revised status]; Mathis et al. 2017: 655–656 [ United Arab Emirates]. Diasemocera biskrae: Zatwarnicki 2018: 536 [generic combination].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 3–24. vii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Algeria (Biskra). It was recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Italy and Malta; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.

Biology. Larvae of some species of Diasemocera are leaf-miners in Chenopodiaceae . Some species are pests of sugar beet. This species was found to occur on Phragmites sp. in Italy ( Canzoneri & Meneghini 1983).

Becker, T. (1907) Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen fruhjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis. 1906. (concl.). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 7, 369 - 407. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9280

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.

Canzoneri, S. & Meneghini, D. (1983) Ephydridae e Canaceidae. In: Fauna d'Italia. Vol. XX. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, xi + 337 pp.

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.]

Zatwarnicki, T. (2018) Solving the puzzle of taxonomic position of the petroleum fly by resurrection of Diasemocera Bezzi from Psilopa Fallen (Diptera: Ephydridae) with proposed specific and generic synonymies. Annales Zoologici, 68 (3), 527 - 552. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00034541 ANZ 2018.68.3.012

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Discomyzinae

Tribe

Psilopini

Genus

Diasemocera