Musca ( Byomya ) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869

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 : 10

Musca ( Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869 ( Fig. 6 )

Musca lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869: 548 .

Specimens examined. 2m, 3f, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen , 25.ii.–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) .

Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia. It was described from South Africa. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Yemen (van Emden 1984).

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FIGURE. 6–9. Muscidae species habitus: 6) Musca (Byomya) lasiophthalma Thomson, 1869, Male; 7) Musca (Byomya) lucidula Loew, 1856, Female; 8) Musca (Lissosterna) albina Wiedemann, 1830, Female; 9) Musca domestica L., ssp. calleva Walker, 1849, Male.