Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann, 1824)

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 : 18

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10718327

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scientific name

Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa
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Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa View in CoL

( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 33–38 )

Musca africa Wiedemann, 1824: 49 . Type locality: South Africa Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope .

Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 3♂, 2♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen , 6.vi.2014, baited traps, H.A.Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 15–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Malaise trap, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same locality but 1–2.iii.2013 ( CERS) ; 1♂, Najran, Hay Al-Shurfa , 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Mohammed Bakreen , 15.ix.2013, baited traps, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) . BENIN: 1♂, R.P. Benin ( NMWC) ; Aborny , xii.1988, J.S. Noyes ( NMWC) . BOTSWANA: 2♂, Tlokweng , 6–13.ii.1990, J. Moshonja ( NMWC) . ETHIOPIA: 2♂, Alemaya , vii–viii,1985, T. Mesfin ( NMWC) . IVORY COAST: 7♂, Lamoto , xi.1981, J.S. Noyes ( NMWC) . 1♂, MALTA: Wied Beba , 20.iv.1994, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) . NIGERIA: 1♂, Zaria, Sameru , vii.1979, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Bouchi, Yankeri Game Reserve , 3–6.iv.1981, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 3–10.ii.1981 ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 7–8.iii.1981, R. Dransfield ( NMWC) ; 1♂, same data but 27–28.ii.1982, R. Brightwell ( NMWC) . PORTUGAL: 1♂, Parque Natural Reserve da Ria Formosa , 3.v.1998, P.M. Paven ( NMWC) . YEMEN: 1♂, Sana’a, iii. iv.1992, A. van Harten ( NMWC) .

Distribution. Near cosmopolitan (few Neotropical and Australasian records).

Remarks. Listed for the first time from Saudi Arabia by Verves (1986a).

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sarcophagidae

SubFamily

Sarcophaginae

Genus

Sarcophaga

Loc

Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas 2024
2024
Loc

Musca africa

Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 49
1824
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