Pseudonapomyza spicata (Malloch, 1914)

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Phytomyza spicata Malloch, 1914: 334 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 3♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (ENRC); 1♂, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm, 15.v.–11.vi.2006, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (ENRC). BOTSWANA: 1♂, Tlokweng, 6-13.ii.1990, J.M. Mashonja. EGYPT: 3♂, Giza, Al-Aliat, em. vii.2003, ex Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv., S.A. El-Serwy; 4♂, same data but em. vii.2003, ex forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, S.A. El-Serwy; 3♂, 1♀, same data but em vi.2003, ex Echinochloa colonum (L.). INDONESIA: 2♀, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoya Irrigation Project, Toraut, 10–19.viii.1985, Malaise trap, Irrigated rice var. Aceh, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs (NMWC). KENYA: 2♂, Rift Valley, Ol Arabe, Gorge, 11.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin (NMWC). UAE: 1♂, Dubai, Al Ajban, 10–17.x.2005, Malaise trap, A. van Harten (NMWC). OMAN: 1♂, al-Khuwair, 7.xi.1987, M.J. Ebejer; 2♂, Muscat, Wattayeh, 17–2.iv.1988, M.D. Gallagher; 2♂, Muscat, Wattayeh, 4–7.iv.1988, M.J. Ebejer; 2♂, Dhofar, Salalah, Dahareez, sweeping ratooned forage millet, 8.xi.1992, J.C. Deeming; 1♂, same data but swept from Rhodes grass; 1♂, S of Qualhat, 22º44’N 59 o 20’E, gravel plain, 21.ii.1995, M.P. Hughes & M.D. Gallagher; 1♂, Marmul, Desert Agriculture Project, 30.xi–2.xii.1992, J.C. Deeming. UAE: 1♂, Hatta, 14–21.vi.2006, light trap, A. van Harten; 1♂, Al-Ajban, 10–17.x.2005, A. van Harten. YEMEN: 2♂, al-Kowd, iv.1993, Malaise trap, A. van Harten; 4♂, al-Kadan, 3.xii.1997 – 17.ii.1998, A. van Harten & H.M. Naser; 3♂, Lahj, ix.2000, Malaise trap, A. van Harten & A. Sallam; 1♂, Suq Bani Mansour, 28.viii-26.ix.2001, A. van Harten.

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). New for the fauna of Botswana, Kenya, Oman and Yemen. It was described from Formosa (Tainan, Takao) and was further recorded from the Palaearctic Region; Egypt, Iraq, Israel: Afrotropical Region; Sudan, Zimbabwe: Oriental Region; Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand: Australasian Region; New Guinea, (Spencer 1973a; Papp 1984a; Deeming 2006; Černý 2023). It is widespread on Pacific Islands.

Host remarks. Spencer (1973a: 274, 1990; Benavent-Corai 2005) reported that the host plants of P. spicata are maize ( Zea mays L.) ( Poaceae), wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) ( Poaceae), sugar cane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) ( Poaceae), Panicum miliaceum L. ( Poaceae) and in Hawaii, 14 species of wild grasses.