Psilopa nilotica ( Becker, 1903 )

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 : 409

Psilopa nilotica ( Becker, 1903)

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Ephygrobia nilotica Becker, 1903: 157 .

Psilopa nilotica: Bezzi 1908: 189 [generic combination]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 386–387 [ Saudi Arabia]; El-Hawagry et al. 2016: 124; 2017: 1516 [ Saudi Arabia]; Mathis et al. 2017: 658 [ Oman, United Arab Emiates].

Psilopa flavipalpis Becker & Stein 1912: 650 ; Cogan 1984: 141 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 14 ♀, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village , 29. x. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♀ Jazan, Sabya, Basahy Farm , 30. xii. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1 ♀, Asir, Abha farm centre, 3. v. 2001, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Al-Baha Region: Jabal Shada al-A’la Nature Reserve ( El-Hawagry et al. 2016); Asir Region: Garf Raydah Nature Reserve ( El-Hawagry et al. 2017); Abha Farm Centre ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) and by El-Hawagry et al. (2016, 2017). The species was described from Egypt (“Nilthal” = valley of the river Nile) and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Italy, Jordan and Tunisia; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. There are some specimens in NMWC from Cape Verde Islands, France, Gambia, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey and Afrotropical Region: Oman and Yemen.

Figures

FIGURES 6–7. Habitus, lateral view. 6. Psilopa nilotica (Becker, 1903). 7. Atissa pygmaea Haliday, 1833 (Images: James Turner, NMWC).