Strobliola flavofacies ( Becker, 1910a )

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4791 (1), pp. 1-71 : 39-40

Strobliola flavofacies ( Becker, 1910a)

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Aprometopis flavofacies Becker, 1910a: 438 .

Strobliola Czerny, 1909 has recently been placed as a senior synonym of the better known Aprometopis Becker, 1910 .

Specimens examined. series of ♀, ♂, Jazan, Faisel el Refae Farm , 10.ii.2012, sweeping preheading weedy for- age sorghum field, J.C. Deeming and H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) ; 1♀, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 10.ii.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Mal- aise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–31.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006); El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Tanzania and is further recorded from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Yemen ( Sabrosky 1980; Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012).

Remarks. Strobliola flavofacies has been reared from millets shoots.

Figures

FIGURE 41. Strobliola flavofacies (Becker,1910). Male.