Neomyia nudissima Loew, 1852

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 : 15

Neomyia nudissima Loew, 1852 ( Fig. 13 )

Pyrellia nudissima Loew, 1852: 660 . Later transferred into Orthellia Robineau-Desvoidy , which is now synonymised with Neomyia Walker.

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991). It was described from Mozambique. In Middle East it was recorded from Yemen (Villeneuve in Becker 1910; van Emden 1948).

Biological remarks. Larvae have been found on human faeces ( Pont 1991).

Figures

FIGURE. 10–13. Muscidae species habitus: 10) Musca (Musca) domestica L., 1758, ssp. domestica, L, Female; 11) Musca (Philaematomyia) crassirostris Stein in Becker, 1903, Female; 12) Neomyia albigena (Stein, 1913), Female; 13) Neomyia nudissima (Loew, 1852).