Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki Deeming 1971 (Fig. 45)

Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki Deeming, 1971: 147 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 3f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (NMWC; CERS) ; 1m, same data but 19.vi.–9.vii.2013 (CERS); 2m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (CERS) ; 1m, same data but 1–17.vi.2003 (NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded for Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009). It was described from Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Sudan. In Arabian Peninsula it was recorded from Yemen (Ba-angood & Hubaishan 1985).

Biological remarks. Deeming (1971) reared this species from guinea corn shoots ( S. bicolor), millet stems ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.), elephant grass ( Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) shoots and maize. It has been recorded from millet as a parasitoid of pyralid moth caterpillars (i.e. Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson) and Chilo zonellus (Swinhoe)) . Also this species has been reported as a pest of introduced high-yielding cultivars of sorghum, but not the variety “Baini” (Ba-angood & Hubaishan 1985).