Sternobrithes sp.

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud & Hauser, Martin, 2021, The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 64212-64212 : 64212

Sternobrithes sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1576881; scientificName: Sternobrithes sp.; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Shada ; decimalLatitude: 19.8429; decimalLongitude: 41.3115; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 11-15-2015; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1576881; scientificName: Sternobrithes sp.; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Shada ; decimalLatitude: 19.8429; decimalLongitude: 41.3115; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 05-05-2015; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1576881; scientificName: Sternobrithes sp.; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Shada ; decimalLatitude: 19.8388; decimalLongitude: 41.3101; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 11-15-2015; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1576881; scientificName: Sternobrithes sp.; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Shada ; decimalLatitude: 19.8388; decimalLongitude: 41.3101; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Light trap; eventDate: 09-02-2015; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA

Distribution

The genus Sternobrithes is widely distributed all over the African continent (Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe. [Sources: Woodley (2001)]

Distribution of Sternobrithes sp.: AF: Kenya, Saudi Arabia [as "south western part"], Yemen.

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 2 ): SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Baha: Jabal Shada al-A’la Nature Reserve (May to November). Asir: Raydah Nature Reserve (June). [Sources: El-Hawagry et al. (2017) and collected material]

Notes

El-Hawagry et al. (2017) reported this species as Sternobrithes sp. and further research indicated that this is an undescribed species (Fig. 3 ). As we do not have a male specimen available, we are not yet describing this species here. According the generic key in Hauser et al. (2017b), the difference between Argyrobrithes and Sternobrithes is the colour of the last antennal segment, but further studies indicate that Argyrobrithes is characterised by the dichoptic male eyes and a very long last antennal segment. The two genera are widely distributed through Africa and the Oriental Region and a more thorough revision is needed to clarify the limits of the genera and which species should be included in each genus. Material of this undescribed species are known from Yemen and Kenya.

Figures

Figure 2. Distribution map of Aspidacantha atra Kertesz and Sternobrithes sp.

Figure 3. Sternobrithes sp.: A. female habitus, lateral; B. same, dorsal.