Ophiomyia arabica ( Deeming, 2006 )

Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C., 2025, An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data, Zootaxa 5583 (1), pp. 1-38 : 11

Ophiomyia arabica ( Deeming, 2006)

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Kleinschmidtimyia arabica Deeming, 2006: 406 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , Malaise trap, 5–20.vi.2011, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC) ; 3♂, 1♀, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village , 6–25.iii.2017, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) ; UAE: 3♂, 1♀, Wadi Maidaq , 4–15.ii.2006, water trap ,, A. van Harten ( NMWC) .

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia. New for the fauna of UAE. This species was described from Oman and Yemen ( Deeming 2006).

Remarks. Kleinschmidtimyia was placed as a synonym of Ophiomyia by Lonsdale (2014).

Host remarks. It is unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 13–16. Habitus of: (13) Ophiomyia arabica (Deeming, 2006), Male (SAUDI ARABIA:Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al- Mahdag Village, 5–20.vi.2011, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah); (14). Ophiomyia beckeri (Hendel, 1923), Male (SAUDI ARABIA: Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 3.vi.2001, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah; (15–16) Ophiomyia centrosematis (de Meijere, 1940): (15) Female, lateral view (SAUDI ARABIA: Asir, Abha, Madinate Al-Ameer Sultan, 6.xi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah); (16) Male, lateral view (SAUDI ARABIA: Asir, Abha, Madinate Al-Ameer Sultan, 6–27.viii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah).