Dichaetomyia luteiventris ( Rondani, 1873 )

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 : 22

Dichaetomyia luteiventris ( Rondani, 1873) ( Fig. 25 )

Anthomyia luteiventris Rondani, 1873: 288 .

Specimens examined. 3m, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 16–31.xii.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Ethiopia. It was recorded from Oman by Pont (1991).

Biological remarks. Pont (1991) reported that this species has been recorded as breeding in cow dung.

Figures

FIGURE. 24–27. Muscidae species habitus: 24) Phaonia virgata Stein, 1913, Female; 25) Dichaetomyia luteiventris (Rondani, 1873), Male; 26) Atherigona (Atherigona) angulata Deeming, 1971, Male; 27) Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi Emden, 1940, Male.