Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907 )
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Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907 ) |
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Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907) View in CoL
Ephygrobia leucostoma var. biskrae Becker, 1907: 397 View in CoL .
Psilopa biskrae: Becker 1926: 33 [generic combination, revised status]; Mathis et al. 2017: 655–656 [ United Arab Emirates]. Diasemocera biskrae: Zatwarnicki 2018: 536 [generic combination].
Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 3–24. vii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .
Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Algeria (Biskra). It was recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Italy and Malta; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
Biology. Larvae of some species of Diasemocera are leaf-miners in Chenopodiaceae . Some species are pests of sugar beet. This species was found to occur on Phragmites sp. in Italy ( Canzoneri & Meneghini 1983).
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Discomyzinae |
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Diasemocera biskrae ( Becker, 1907 )
Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz 2019 |
Psilopa biskrae:
Zatwarnicki, T. 2018: 536 |
Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. & Stuke, J. H. & Deeming, J. C. 2017: 655 |
Becker, T. 1926: 33 |
Ephygrobia leucostoma var. biskrae
Becker, T. 1907: 397 |