Thinophilus promotus Becker, 1910

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia, Journal of Natural History 54 (21 - 22), pp. 1425-1454 : 1442

Thinophilus promotus Becker, 1910

( Figure 5C )

Specimens examined

1♂, Jazan, Um Al-Raq Island , 10–31 .v .2016, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution

This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. The species was described from South Yemen and further recorded from Djibouti ( Grichanov 2018).

Figures

Figure 5. Dolichopodid species habitus: a – Thinophilus indigenus Becker; b – Thinophilus ochripalpis Becker; c – Thinophilus promotus Becker; d – Thinophilus spinulosus Parent; e – Medetera grisescens De Meijere; f – Micromorphus aereus (Vaillant).