Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew, 1858

El-Hawagry, Magdi, Al Dhafer, Hathal Mohammed, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud & Hauser, Martin, 2021, The family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Stratiomyoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 64212-64212 : 64212

Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew, 1858

Odontomyia pulchriceps Loew, 1858: 335. Type locality: South Africa (Cape of Good Hope).

Odontomyia pulchriceps Loew, 1860: 80. Type locality: South Africa (Cape of Good Hope). Preoccupied, primary homonym of Odontomyia pulchriceps Loew, 1858.

Hoplodonta madagascariensis Lindner, 1936: 42. Type locality: Madagascar (Bekily).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: Adult; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1577339; scientificName: Oplodontha pulchriceps; Location : country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Jazan ; decimalLatitude: 16.9595; decimalLongitude: 42.8348; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 05-11-2018; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1577339; scientificName: Oplodontha pulchriceps; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Dawmat Al-Jandal ; decimalLatitude: 29.809552; decimalLongitude: 39.8749; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 05-26-2018; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Aldhafer H.M. et al.; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: Adult ; Taxon : taxonID: https://www.gbif.org/species/1577339; scientificName: Oplodontha pulchriceps; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; locality: Hassan Ameen farm ; decimalLatitude: 28.36661; decimalLongitude: 36.6297; Identification: identifiedBy: M. El-Hawagry & M. Hauser; dateIdentified: 2020-2021; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweeping; eventDate: 05-27-2018; Record Level: institutionCode: KSMA

Distribution

AF: Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia [as "south western part"], South Africa, United Arab Emirates. PA: Israel, Saudi Arabia [Jawf and Tabouk]. [Sources: Woodley (2001), Hauser (2008) and collected material]

Local distribution and dates of collection (Fig. 6 ): SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Jawf: Dawmat Al-Jandal (May). Jazan: Jazan (May). Tabouk: Hassan Ameen farm (May). [Source: collected material]

Notes

This species (Fig. 7 ) and the genus Oplodontha are recorded herein for the first time from Saudi Arabia. It looks similar to O. minuta Fabricius; however, this case requires more clarification in a future study.

Figures

Figure 6. Distribution map of Oplodontha minuta Fabricius and Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew.

Figure 7. Oplodontha pulchriceps Loew: A. female habitus, lateral; B. same, dorsal; C. male habitus, lateral.