Graphomya maculata ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 32

Graphomya maculata ( Scopoli, 1763) ( Fig. 48 ), ssp. leucomelas ( Wiedemann, 1824): 48

Musca leucomelas Wiedemann, 1824: 48 .

Specimens examined. 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 3–24.xii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1m, Al-Baha, Hay Al-Dhafir , 3.xi.2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE. 46–50. Muscidae species habitus: 46) Dimorphia cognata Robineau Desvoidy 1830, male; 47) Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763), Male; 48) Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763), ssp. leucomelas (Wiedemann, 1824), Male; 49) Myospila lenticeps (Thomson, 1869), Male; 50) Limnophora aculeipes aculeipes Stein, 1913, Male.