Philygria posticata ( Meigen, 1830 )

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 : 429

Philygria posticata ( Meigen, 1830)

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Ephydra posticata Meigen, 1830: 124 .

Philygria posticata: Schiner, 1864: 58 [generic combination]; Hollmann-Schirrmacher, 1998: 108–110 [revision]; Mathis et al. 2017: 733 [ United Arab Emirates].

Hydrina posticata: Becker, 1926: 57 [generic combination].

Philygria vittipennis: Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 388 [ Saudi Arabia, misidentification]

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), swept from grasses, 14. iv. 2001, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; same data but 3. vi. 2001, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1 ♂, Tahama Tanoma ( Al-Bekra village ), swept from grasses, 20. i. 2003, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Abha Farm Centre; Tahama Tanoma, al-Bekra village ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006).

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Central Europe and also recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia (European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. There are some specimens of P. posticata in NMWC from Yemen.

Figures

FIGURES 34–35. Habitus, lateral view. 34. Pelina similis L. Papp, 1974, male. 35. Philygria posticata (Meigen, 1830), male (Images: James Turner, NMWC).