Melanagromyza provecta (de Meijere, 1910)

Agromyza provecta de Meijere, 1910: 161 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 13–30.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 1–25.v.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC). GHANA: 1♂, Tafo Cocoa Plantation, 10.xi.1988, M. Cobblah (NMWC). KENYA: 1♂, Nairobi, Kasarani, 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay (NMWC); NIGERIA: 1♂, Lagos, Agege, 19.i.1974, M.A. Cornes (NMWC); 1♂, Ibadan, 16–18.ii.1966, J.C. Deeming (NMWC).

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia; it is new to the fauna of Ghana and Nigeria. This species was described from Indonesia (Krakatau Island) and was further recorded from the Oriental Region; Indonesia (Flores Islands, Lombok Island and Sumbawa Island), Taiwan (as Formosa): Palaearctic Region; Turkey, Ukraine: Afrotropical Region; Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique “ Rhodesia ” (= Zimbabwe and Zambia), South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire (Cogan 1980; Sasakawa 1972; Çikmani & Sasakawa, 2011; Guglya 2012; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014).

Host remarks. The host plant for M. provecta is Abutilon indicum (L.) ( Malvaceae) (Spencer 1977b: 234).