Sympycnus basilaris

Authors :: Dawah, Hassan A.
Ahmad, Syed Kamran
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2020.
Abstract: Sympycnus basilaris (Curran, 1924) (Figure 6C) Specimens examined 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 1.ii.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC; CERS); 1♀, Asir, same locality but 1–25.v.2013; 3♂, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 13.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS). Remarks This genus and species are the first records from Saudi Arabia. The species was described from South Africa, having four synonymic names. It is widespread in the Afrotropical region (Grichanov 2018).<br />Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia, pp. 1425-1454 in Journal of Natural History 54 (21 - 22) on page 1447, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118, http://zenodo.org/record/5030446<br />{"references":["Grichanov IYa. 2018. An annotated catalogue of Afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). St. Petersburg: VIZR (Plant Protection News Suppl. 25); p. 1 - 152."]}