Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813)

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Notiphila obscurella Fallén, 1813: 251 .

Discocerina obscurella: Haliday 1839: 224 [generic combination]; Foote & Eastin 1974: 401–408 [preimaginal stages]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2010: 107–110 [revision].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) obscurella: Stenhammar 1844: 160 [generic combination].

Clasiopa obscurella: Schiner 1864: 57 [generic combination].

Drosophila cinerella Fallén 1823: 7: Bächli 1990: 845 [synonymy].

Diastata luctuosa Meigen 1830: 97: Becker 1902: 304 [synonymy].

Notiphila nigrina Meigen 1830: 69: Haliday 1839: 224 [synonymy].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) nigrina: Stenhammar 1844: 160 [generic combination].

Clasiopa nigrina: Schiner 1864: 57 [generic combination].

Notiphila pusilla Meigen 1830: 71: Becker 1902: 297 [synonymy].

Discocerina pusilla: Macquart 1835: 527 [generic combination].

Notiphila tristis Meigen 1830: 72: Becker 1902: 297 [synonymy].

Psilopa (Clasiopa) pallidula Stenhammar 1844: 257: Dahl 1959: 156 [synonymy].

Clasiopa pallidula: Schiner 1864: 57 [generic combination].

Discocerina pallidula: Becker 1926: 43 [generic combination].

Ditrichophora pallidula: Cogan 1984: 136 [generic combination].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 9–30. v. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 1 ♂, same data but 1–25. v. 2012 (CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Sweden and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Congo, Kenya, Rodriguez Islands; Nearctic Region: Canada, United States; Neotropical Region: Antilles, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; Palaearctic Region: widespread in Europe, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Iran, Jordan, Madeira Islands, Morocco, Russia (European Territory, Far East), and Turkey.