Helina lucida ( Stein, 1913 )

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 lucida ( Stein, 1913) ( Fig. 21 )

Mydaea lucida Stein, 1913: 493 .

Specimens examined. 2m, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; CERS) ; 1m, 1f, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen , 25.ii.–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2013). It was described from South Africa.

Biological remarks. This species has been reared from poultry manure in South Africa by Hulley (1986). Skidmore (1985) stated that it is not known whether this is a member of the cow dung community or a casual intruder from somewhere else. van Emden (1951) reported that H. lucida adults visit honeydew.

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.