Ochthera schembrii Rondani, 1847

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 401-445 : 428

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191413
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scientific name	Ochthera schembrii Rondani, 1847
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Treatment

Ochthera schembrii Rondani, 1847 View in CoL

Ochthera schembrii Rondani, 1847: 29 View in CoL : Clausen, 1977: 516–518 [revision]; Mathis et al. 2017: 727 [ United Arab Emirates]. Ochthera mantispa Loew, 1847: 372 View in CoL : Clausen, 1977: 516–518 [revision]; 1979: 142 [synonymy].

Ochthera angustitarsis Becker, 1903: 181 View in CoL : Clausen, 1979: 142 [synonymy].

Ochthera setigera Czerny, 1909: 271 View in CoL : Clausen, 1979: 142 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Karatha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 19. ii. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Al-Souda, Al-Muqtha Dam , 30. v. 2014, Sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Malta (as “Melita”, by lectotype des. Clausen 1979: 141). It is widespread in the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Spain, Turkey and Turkmenistan; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.

References

Abbreviations

NMWC	National Museum of Wales

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Ephydridae
Genus	Ochthera