Wohlfahrtia erythrocera, Villeneuve, 1910

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 13-14

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10729038

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/811CB054-FFCA-F81A-FF57-F6102AD18D80

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scientific name

Wohlfahrtia erythrocera
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Wohlfahrtia erythrocera View in CoL

( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 24–30 )

Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve, 1910: 147 View in CoL . Type locality: Yemen, Socotra Archipelago, Socotra: Ras Shoab & Abd al-Kűrî.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad , Malaise trap, 25.ii.–25.v.2002 ( MNWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 6–27.viii.2013 ( CERS) ; 1♂, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 18.vi–9.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) . KENYA: 1♂, Coast Province, Tsavo East Nat Park, Ndara Plaias , Anuba lodge 444m, UTM 37 M 478485, 20.v.2006, sweep net, D. Avesani, G. Cerpaneto, G. Nardi & P. Cerretti ( NMWC) . NIGER: 2♂, Aïr Massif, Wadi Iberkam , 18º55’N 80º40’E, 23.vii.1983, P.C. Matteson ( NMWC) GoogleMaps . OMAN: 10♂, 1♀, Jebe Al-Ta’iyeen , 28º26’N 58º16’E, 6.i.1989, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Wadi Al ligg, 23º10’N 58º06’E, 25.x.1990, M.D. Gallagher & J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Muscat, Ruwi , 4.x.1988, M.J. Ebejer, larvae from dung beetle Heliocopris gigas View in CoL 3 wks from ova to adults ( NMWC) ; 1♂, E. Coast Djbab dunes with Limonium axillare View in CoL , 13.ix.1992, M.D. Gallagher & J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 3♂, Ruwi Wadi, Ada Aldai , 18.xii.1987, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC) ; 7♂, 2♀, near Quriyat Fins , 10.xi.1989, thousands emerging from sand, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC) ; 2♂, 1♀, Wadi Adai , 18.xii.1987, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Algeria, Eritrea, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger *, Nigeria, Oman *, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Tanzania.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Dawah & Abdullah (2005). This species was reared from dead beetles and has been found breeding by the thousands in sand containing sardines in Oman (M. Ebejer, pers. comm.).

NMWC

United Kingdom, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sarcophagidae

Genus

Wohlfahrtia

Loc

Wohlfahrtia erythrocera

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas 2024
2024
Loc

Wohlfahrtia erythrocera

Villeneuve, J. 1910: 147
1910
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