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Oscinella (Cyclocercula) nartshukiana Beschovski 1978

Description

Oscinella (Cyclocercula) nartshukiana Beschovski, 1978

Oscinella (Cyclocercula) nartshukiana Beschovski, 1978: 25.

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006); Deeming (2003: 82). It was described from Bulgaria and is further recorded from Bangladesh, Cameroun, Cape Verde Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ibiza, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Madiera, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey and Zambia.

Remarks. This species is a pest of cereals, commercially-grown Rhodes grass and pasture (Deeming 2003: 82–85).

Notes

Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4791 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3895893

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References

  • Beschovski, V. L. (1978) Subdivision of the genus Oscinella Becker, 1909 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with description of a new species. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 10, 21 - 29.
  • Dawah, H. A. & Abdullah, M. A. (2006) New records of Chloropidae (Diptera) from Southwest Saudi Arabia with some biological information, world-wide geographical distribution and taxonomic features. Saudi Journal of Biological Science 13 (1), 182 - 192.
  • Deeming, J. C. (2003) A contribution to the knowledge of African species of Oscinella Becker (Diptera: Chloropidae). Cimbebasia, 19, 81 - 94.