Protomiltogramma africana, Curran, 1936

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 : 11

Protomiltogramma africana

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Pterella africana Curran, 1936: 4 . Type locality: South Africa, Gauteng Pretoria .

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 3.v.2001, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) . ETHIOPIA: 1♂, Alemaya, vii–viii,1985, T. Mesfin ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 1♂, 1♀, Ningi, Diri. Divi, 19.iii.1975, H. Politzar ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Ethiopia *, Namibia, Nigeria *, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

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

Figures

FIGURES 20–23. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (20) Protomiltogramma africana Curran, 1936, male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, Abha Farm Centre); (21) Protomiltogramma santosdiasi Zumpt, 1961, male (Jazan, Fifa, Al-Tatweer Centre); (22) Sarcotachina aegyptiaca Villeneuve, 1910, male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel); (23) Senotainia tricuspis (Meigen, 1838), male (Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, Abha Farm Centre).