Neomyia albigena ( Stein, 1913 )

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 : 14

Neomyia albigena ( Stein, 1913) ( Fig. 12 )

Pyrellia albigena Stein, 1913: 469 . Later transferred into Orthellia Robineau-Desvoidy , which is now synonymised with Neomyia Walker.

Specimens examined. 1m, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 20.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS); 1f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia. It was described from Madagascar, Sokotra and Tanzania. It was recorded from Yemen ( van Emden 1948).

Biological remarks. Larvae are recorded as living in cow dung ( Pont 1991).

Figures

FIGURE. 10–13. Muscidae species habitus: 10) Musca (Musca) domestica L., 1758, ssp. domestica, L, Female; 11) Musca (Philaematomyia) crassirostris Stein in Becker, 1903, Female; 12) Neomyia albigena (Stein, 1913), Female; 13) Neomyia nudissima (Loew, 1852).