Paralimna (Paralimna) nigripes bona Cresson, 1933

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 : 414

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5777987

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scientific name

Paralimna (Paralimna) nigripes bona Cresson, 1933
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Paralimna (Paralimna) nigripes bona Cresson, 1933 View in CoL

( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12–13 )

Paralimna (Paralimna) nigripes bona Cresson, 1933: 29 View in CoL .

Paralimna nigripes Adams 1905: 178 View in CoL .

Paralimna bona Cresson 1933: 29 View in CoL : Giordani Soika 1956a: 492 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 2 ♀, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 22. iv. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) ; 1 ♀, same data but, 1–17. vi. 2003 ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. It was described from Zimbabwe. It is widespread in West Africa to east Africa and southern Africa ( Kenia, Liberia and South Africa), Madagascar.

Adams, C. F. (1905) Diptera africana, I. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 3, 149 - 208. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 8100

Cresson, E. T. (1933) New African species of the dipterous genus Paralimna (Ephydridae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 11 (61), 24 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933308673621

Giordani Soika, A. G. (1956 a) Contributions a l'etude de la fauna entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953) CVII Diptera Ephydridae. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique, Series 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 51, 490 - 505.

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FIGURES 12–13. Habitus, lateral view. 12 Paralimna arabica Becker, 1910, female. 13. Paralimna nigripes bona Cresson, 1933, female (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Hydrelliinae

Tribe

Dryxini

Genus

Paralimna

SubGenus

Paralimna