Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes, Wiedemann, 1830

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 20-22

Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes

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Sarcophaga hirtipes Wiedemann, 1830: 361 . Type locality: Egypt.

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Malaise trap, 6– 27.iii.2013, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, same locality but 25.ii–25.v.2002 ( NMWC) ; 2♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–31.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) . KENYA: 1♂, Rift Valley, Baringo, Loiminange , 15.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin ( NMWC) . MALI: 3♂, 1♀, Mourdiah , 25–31.vii.1986, M. Mattews ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 3–12.x.1986 ( NMWC) ; 2♂, same data but 19–25.ix.1986 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 25.ix–3.x.1986 ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 2♂, Yankeri Game Reserve , 27.5.1980, R. Dransfield ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Zaria , 25.i.1993, light trap, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) . OMAN: 1♂, Alhajar, Ashangri, Ain Hamuda , 22º34’N 59º05’E 600 m, 26.x.1990, M.D. Gallagher & J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, 1♀, As-Seefa coastal sand dunes, 4.xii.1987, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Wadi Bani Kharus , c. 3.4 km SSW Awaba, 1600 m, 23º16’N 51º57’E, 11.x.1993, G. Lowe, A. Gardener & Farook ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Muscat, Bandar Al Jissah , 8.x.1990, M.D. Gallagher ( NMWC) . UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1♂, Wadi Shawkah , 1–10.xi.2008, water trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC) . YEMEN: 1♂, Alkowd, Malaise , iv.1993, A. van Harten ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Oman *, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates *, Uzbekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen *.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Büttiker et al. (1979).

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Species of Sarcophagidae, habitus: (33) Sarcophaga (Asceloctella) calicifera Böttcher, 1912, male (Oman: Muscat, Bowshar); (34) Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann, 1824), male (Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan); (35) Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux Thomson, 1869 (= exuberans Pandellé, 1896), male (Gambia: Bakau, Fajara); (36) Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) hirtipes (Wiedemann, 1830), male (Oman: Al Majara, Asharqiya); 37–38. Sarcophaga dawahi Deeming, sp. nov., male (Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan): (37) same, lateral view; (38) same, dorsal view.