Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910

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 : 413

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191334

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scientific name

Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910
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Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910 View in CoL

( Fig. 11–12 View FIGURES 10–11 View FIGURES 12–13 )

Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910: 154 View in CoL ; Cogan 1968: 340 [revision]; van Harten & Wagener 1994: 106 [ Yemen].

Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre, 16. ii. 2014, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, same data but 25. ii.–16. iii. 2014 ( CERS) ; 1♀, same data but 5–26. i. 2014 ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described probably from Yemen (“ Südarabien ”) and further recorded from various localities in Yemen ( Cogan, 1968).

Becker, T. (1910) Dipteren aus Sudarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. Denkschrift der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 71, 131 - 160. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9285

Cogan, B. H. (1968) A revision of the Ethiopian species of the tribe Notiphiline (Diptera: Ephydridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 21 (6) 279 - 365.

Harten, van. A. & Wagener, B. (1994) Terrestrial arthropods of the Republic of Yemen. A check-list. Yemeni-German Plant Protection, Sana'a, Yemen, ii + 147 pp.

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FIGURES 10–11. Habitus, lateral view. 10. Oedenops isis Becker, 1903, female. 11. Paralimna (Paralimna) arabica Becker, 1910, male (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

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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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Hydrelliinae

Tribe

Dryxini

Genus

Paralimna

SubGenus

Paralimna