Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4791 (1), pp. 1-71 : 22

Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933

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Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933: 112 .

Specimens examined. 1♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.-25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , 4.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) and Deeming & Al-Dhafer (2012). It was described from Palestine and is further recorded from Botswana, Cape Verde Islands, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Morocco ( Sabrosky 1980). Some specimens in the NMWC were collected in Yemen and Oman.

Biology. This species was reared from decaying lettuce, millets heads, and sorghum stems in Nigeria.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Epimadiza nigrescens Duda 1933. Female.