Sarcophaga dawahi, Deeming, 2024

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 : 22

Sarcophaga dawahi

( Figs 37–38 )

Sarcophaga dawahi Deeming, 2023 (see Appendix). Type locality: Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub.

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: [Type material as listed in Appendix.]

Distribution. Saudi Arabia*.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia. Assignment to subgenus awaits further studies.

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.