Published February 27, 2024 | Version v1
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Sarcotachina aegyptiaca Villeneuve 1910

  • 1. Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 2. Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 3. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Description

Sarcotachina aegyptiaca

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Sarcotachina aegyptiaca Villeneuve, 1910: 151. Type locality: Egypt, Aswan; Egypt, Siala; Egypt, Alexandria.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 6♂, 1♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, Malaise trap, 25.ii.–25.v.2002 (CERS; MNWC); 1♂, 1♀, Najran, Hay Al-Shurfa, 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 1–31.xii.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC); 1♂, same data but, 1.v.2013 (NMWC).

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia *, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Yemen.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia.

Notes

Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 5418 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10717951

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References

  • Villeneuve, J. (1910) Dipteres nouveaux du Nord de I'Afrique. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1910, 150 - 152.