Sphenometopa fastuosa (Meigen, 1824)

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 : 12-13

Sphenometopa fastuosa

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Tachina fastuosa Meigen, 1824: 370 . Type locality: France, Ventour, N Carpentras, Beduin ; France, Lyon.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 7–28.xi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 25.ii–25.v.2002 ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Armenia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Poland, Russia (South European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993, as Araba fastuosa ).

Figures

FIGURES 24–30. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus, lateral view: (24) Sphenometopa fastuosa (Meigen, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (25) Wohlfahrtia brunnipalpis (Macquart, 1851), male (Oman: Dhofar, Shuwaymiyah); (26) Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve in Becker, 1910, male (Oman: E. Coast, Dibab); (27) Wohlfahrtia indigens Villeneuve, 1928, male (UAE, Sharjah desert Park); (28) Wohlfahrtia nuba (Wiedemann, 1830), male (N Cyprus: Alagadi Beach); (29) Blaesoxipha rufipes (Macquart, 1839), male (Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm); (30) Ravinia pernix (Harris, 1780), male (Cyprus: N Akrounta).