Melanagromyza sojae ( Zehntner, 1900 )

Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C., 2025, An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data, Zootaxa 5583 (1), pp. 1-38 : 10-11

Melanagromyza sojae ( Zehntner, 1900)

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Agromyza sojae Zehntner, 1900: 114 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Almahdag Village , 4.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 2♂, same data but 4.ii.2012, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 1♂, 1♀, al-Karz, on alfalfa, 26.viii.1970, collector unknown. BAHRAIN: 1♂, Adhari Pool area , 4.vi.2000, mercury vapour (UV light) trap in irrigated farms and diches, C.R. Turner ( NMWC). INDONESIA: 2♂, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoya Irrigation Project, Toraut , 12–. viii.1985, light trap, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( NMWC). OMAN: 2♂, 6♀, al-Hamra, interior, swept from lucerne, 18.xi.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 5♂, 4♀, al-Hamra, Dat Hayl , swept from lucerne, 18.xi.1992 ( NMWC); 8♂, 11♀, Batinah, Shinas , swept from lucerne, 7.xii.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 1♂, 4♀, Marmul, Desert Agriculture Project , swept from lucerne, 25.xi.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). UAE: 2♂, Mahafiz , 21–23.viii.2006, light trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, Sana’a, ii.1991, A. van Harten ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Abu-Thuraya (1982); El-Hawagry et al. (2017), it is new for the fauna of UAE, it was described from Indonesia and was further recorded from the Afrotropical Region; Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa (Natal), Sudan and Yemen: Palaearctic Region; Bahrain, China, Egypt, Israel Japan, Malta, South Korea, Spain, Turkey: Oriental Region; Bangladesh, China (Fujian), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam: Australasian Region; Australia and Solomon Islands: Neotropical Region; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil: Nearctic Region; Paraguay, USA ( Cogan 1980; Deeming 2006; Arnemann et al. 2016; Guedes et al. 2017; Ebejer 2021; Vera et al. 2021; Lonsdale et al. 2023).

Host remarks. This species is a pest of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) ( Fabaceae ) and various leguminous crops ( Deeming 2006) and it is dealt with in detail by Spencer (1973a: 52–55) and Lonsdale et al. (2023).

Figures

FIGURES 11–12. Habitus of: (11) Melanagromyza candidipennis (Lamb, 1912): Female (YEMEN: Lahij, 15.ii.2001, Malaise trap, A. van Harten &A.A. Sallam); (12) Melanagromyza sojae (Zehntner, 1900), Male (OMAN:Al Batinah, Shinas, 7.vii.1992, J.C. Deeming).