Risa (Achaetorisa) salsolae Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2023

Mathis, Wayne N. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2023, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Risa Genus-group (Diptera: Ephydridae), with Description of a New Genus from Australia, Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (1), pp. 1-23 : 20

Risa (Achaetorisa) salsolae Mathis & Zatwarnicki comb. nov.

Fig. 37

Achaetorisa salsolae Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2017: 646 [ United Arab Emirates. Ajman (N; 25°25.7'N 55°30.1'E; salt marsh); HT ♂, NMWC].

Distribution. Afrotropical: United Arab Emirates (Ajman).

Natural history. This shore-fly species is associated with Seidlitzia rosmarinus Bunge ex Boiss (Amaranthaceae) .

Figures

Figures 34–37. Line drawing and photographs of Risa. (34) Terminal female abdominal segments of R. brevirostris sp. nov., anterior view. (35) Habitus of R. brevicornis (Papp), antero-oblique view. (36) Head of R. brevirostris sp. nov., lateral view. (37) Habitus of R. salsolae (Mathis & Zatwarnicki), antero-oblique view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm (34), = 0.2 mm (35, 37).