Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata
- 1. Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- 2. Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohd _ robiya @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3323 - 3623
- 3. National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. john. deeming @ museumwales. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6703 - 8180
Description
Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata (Loew, 1852) (Fig. 32)
Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660.
Specimens examined. 1f, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 20.vi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 2m, 1f, same data but 9–30.v.2014 (CERS); 1f, same data but 3.vi.2001, (NMWC); 1f, same data but 3.iii.–3.vi.2001 (CERS); 1m, 2f, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 17.ix.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1m, 2f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah and M.A.Abdullah (NMWC); 2m, 2f, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm, 15.v.–11.vi.2006, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC; CERS); 2f, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 9.ix.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS).
Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2016; 2017). It was described from Mozambique. In the Middle East it is known from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen (Pont 1980; 1986; Pont 1991; Muller & Mostovski 2018).
Biological remarks. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Sorghum bicolo r (L.) Moench are the only two hosts known for this common species at Samaru (Nigeria) (Deeming 1971, Skidmore 1985). The courtship display of A. laevigata has been described by Deeming (1971), which involves wing and tarsal vibrations and brushing the trifoliate process over the female’s compound eyes.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CERS , NMWC , NMWC, CERS
- Event date
- 2001-03-03 , 2001-06-03 , 2002-02-25 , 2004-09-09 , 2006-05-15 , 2013-06-20 , 2014-09-17
- Family
- Muscidae
- Genus
- Atherigona
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Loew
- Species
- laevigata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2001-03-03/06-03 , 2002-02-25/05-25 , 2004-09-09 , 2006-05-15/06-11 , 2013-06-20/2014-05-30 , 2014-09-17
- Taxonomic concept label
- Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata (Loew, 1852) sec. Dawah, Abdullah & Deeming, 2020
References
- Loew, H. (1852) (Hr. Peters legte Diagnosen und Abbildungen der von ihm in Mossambique neu entdeckten Dipteren vor, welche von Hrn. Professor Loew bearbeitet worden sind.). Berichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1852, 658 - 661.
- Pont, A. C. (1991) A review of the Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 12, 312 - 265.
- Dawah, H. A. & Abdullah, M. A. (2009) The Muscidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Muscomorpha) of south-western Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Arabia, 24, 373 - 396.
- El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., Elgharbawy, A. A. & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2016) A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Jabal Shada al-A'la Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera, Insecta). Zookeys, 636, 107 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 636.9905
- El-Hawagry, M. S., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., El-Sonbati & Al Dhafer, H. M. (2017) A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Gard Raydah Nature Reserve, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Natural History, 51 (25 - 26), 1499 - 1530. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2017.1347299
- Pont, A. C. (1980) 85 Family Muscidae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 721 - 761.
- Pont, A. C. (1986) Families Fannidae, Muscidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp. L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Scathophagidae-Hypodermatidae. Vol. 11. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 57 - 215.
- Muller, B. S. & Mostovski, M. B. (2018) A key to males of Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Mali, with new records and a new species for the country. Zootaxa, 4425 (2), 342 - 356. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4425.2.9
- Deeming, J. C. (1971) Some species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) from Northern Nigeria, with special reference to those injurious to cereal crops. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 61, 133 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300057527
- Skidmore, P. (1985) The Biology of the Muscidae of the World. Series Entomologica 29. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, 550 pp.