Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943

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 : 416

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Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943
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Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943 View in CoL

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Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943a: 4 View in CoL : Zatwarnicki 1988: 602–603 [revision]; Deeming 2002: 54 [ Oman]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 387–388; El-Hawagry et al 2017: 1516 [ Saudi Arabia]; Mathis et al. 2017: 688–689 [ United Arab Emirates]. Hydrellia binotata Canzoneri and Meneghini 1969: 126 ; Deeming 2002: 54 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Karatha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 7–28. viii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) : 3 ♂, Jazan, Farasan island, Aziz Yousef Village , 29. x. 2014, sweeping on grasses, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 4. iii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Wadi Hali , sweeping on grasses, 9. i. 2003, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♀, Asir, Maraba , 1–17. vi. 2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah & M.A. Abdullah, Maraba, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) ; 2 ♂, same data but 1–30. v. 2004 ( CERS) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Maraba: 60 km S of Abha; Wadi Hali ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006); Garf Raydah Nature Reserve ( El-Hawagry et al. 2017).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) and El- Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Colombo, Sri Lanka (female) and Nepal (male). The species was further recorded from the following areas: Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen; Oriental Region: Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Remarks. Cresson (1943a: 4) described H. latipalpis from a single female from Colombo, Sri Lanka while Zatwarnicki (1988: 602) described the male of H. latipalpis from Nepal. Recently Deeming (2002) found that the male genitalia of H. latipalpis is identical to that of Hydrellia binotata , which was described by Canzoneri & Meneghini (1969: 126) from Democratic Republic of Congo and he placed H. binotata as a junior synonym of H. latipalpis . All known species of Hydrellia have larvae that are phytophagous. Most mine in leaves and stems of aquatic plants but some attack terrestrial plants, especially Poaceae (e.g. rice).

Canzoneri, S. & Meneghini, D. (1969) Sugli Ephydridae e Canaceidae della fauna etiopica. Bolletino del museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 19, 101 - 185.

Cresson, E. T. (1943 a) Description of new genera and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae. Paper XIII. Notulae Naturae, 121, 1 - 4.

Dawah, H. A. & Abdullah, M. A. (2006) The Ephydridae (Diptera: Brachycera: Muscomorpha) of south-western Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Arabia, 21, 383 - 394.

Deeming, J. C. (2002) Some species of the genus Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Ephydridae) in Africa and Arabia with special reference to species of economic importance. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 49, 47 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 20020490105

El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., El-Sonbati, S. A. & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2017) A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Natural History, 51 (25 - 26), 1499 - 1530. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2017.1347299

Fallen, C. F. (1813) Beskrifning Ofver nagr i Sverige Funna Vattenflugor (Hydromyzidae). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Hindlinger, 3, 1813, 240 - 257.

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. (1988) Materials to the knowledge of the genus Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Ephydridae: Diptera). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 58, 587 - 634.

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FIGURES 14–15. Habitus, lateral view. 14. Hydrellia griseola (Fallén, 1813), female. 15. Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943 (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

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FIGURES 16–17. Habitus, lateral view. 16. Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943, female. 17. Notiphila ignobilis Loew, 1862 (Images: James Turner, NMWC).

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Hydrelliinae

Tribe

Hydrelliini

Genus

Hydrellia