Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer 1966b

Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer, 1966b: 500

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village, 9.ii.2012, sweeping, J.C.Deeming (NMWC). NIGERIA: 1♂, Bauchi, 1–12.iv.190, watered garden, J.C. Deeming (NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, Al Kowd, xi.2000, Light trap, A. van Harten & S. Al-Hururi (NMWC).

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from the Bismarck Archipelago and was further recorded from Burma, India, Nigeria and Yemen (Deeming 2006; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014).

Host remarks. It has been reared from stems of Carthamus tinctorius L. ( Asteraceae) at New Delhi (Spencer 1966b).