Sarcophaga (Asceloctella) calicifera, Bottcher, 1912

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 16

Sarcophaga (Asceloctella) calicifera

( Fig. 33 )

Sarcophaga calicifera Böttcher, 1912: 169 . Type locality: Taiwan.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, same locality but 1.ii.2012 .

Distribution. Andaman Is, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Dawah & Abdullah (2005).

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus: (33) Sarcophaga (Asceloctella) calicifera Böttcher, 1912, male (Oman: Muscat, Bowshar); (34) Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (35) Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux Thomson, 1869 (= exuberans Pandellé, 1896), male (Gambia: Bakau, Fajara); (36) Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes (Wiedemann, 1830), male (Oman: Al Majara, Asharqiya); 37–38. Sarcophaga dawahi Deeming, sp. nov., male (Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan): (37) same, lateral view; (38) same, dorsal view.