Helina coniformis (Stein in Becker, 1903 )

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 : 18

Helina coniformis (Stein in Becker, 1903) ( Fig. 20 )

Spilogaster coniformis Stein in Becker, 1903: 101 .

Specimens examined. 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 23.xii.2012 – 13.i.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, same data but 1–30.v.2004 ( NMWC) ; 1f, same data but 1–17.vi.2003 ( NMWC) ; 1m, 1f, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef village , 29.x.2014, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1f, Jizan, Sabya, Al-Sunef mango farm, 8.v.–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2013; 2016; 2017; 2018). It was described from Egypt. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Oman by Pont (1991), Yemen by Stein in Becker (1910) and van Emden (1948) and United Arab Emirates by Deeming (2008).

Figures

FIGURE. 18–22. Muscidae species habitus: 18) Brontaea tonitrui (Wiedemann, 1824), Female; 19) Helina clara (Meigen, 1826), Female; 20) Helina coniformis (Stein In Becker, 1903), Male.; 21) Helina lucida (Stein, 1913), Male; 22) Helina ponti sp. nov. Male.