Melanagromyza candidipennis ( Lamb, 1912 )

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 : 9

Melanagromyza candidipennis ( Lamb, 1912)

( Fig. 11 )

Agromyza candidipennis Lamb, 1912: 345 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC). GAMBIA: 1♂, W. Div., Bakau Carmaloo Corner , 22.xi.1983, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♀, al-Kadan, 3.xii.1997 – 17.ii.1998, A. van Harten & H.M. Naser ( NMWC); 1♀, Lahj , 11.2001, Malaise trap, A. van Harten & A.M. Hager ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006) and El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Seychelles and was further recorded from Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen ( Cogan 1980; Deeming 2006; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014).

Host remarks. As the specimen collected in Saudi Arabia is not in good condition, the photograph provided here is of a Yemeni specimen from the van Harten collection.

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).