Limnophora obsignata ( Rondani, 1866 )

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 : 34

Limnophora obsignata ( Rondani, 1866) ( Fig. 53 )

Spilogaster obsignata Rondani, 1866: 117 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 5f, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 19.ii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS; NMWC) ; 1m, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm , 17.ix.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993). It was described from Malta. In the Middle East it is known from Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen ( Pont 1980; Pont 1991; Deeming 2008).

Figures

FIGURE. 51–54. Muscidae species habitus: 51) Limnophora albitarsis Stein, 1915, Male; 52) Limnophora bipunctata (Stein in Becker, 1908), Female; 53) Limnophora obsignata (Rondani, 1866), Male; 54) Limnophora quaterna (Loew, 1852), Male.