Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer 1966b

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

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scientific name	Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer 1966b
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Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer 1966b View in CoL

Melanagromyza pseudometallica Spencer, 1966b: 500 View in CoL

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village , 9.ii.2012, sweeping, J.C.Deeming ( NMWC). NIGERIA: 1♂, Bauchi, 1–12.iv.190, watered garden, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, Al Kowd , xi.2000, Light trap, A. van Harten & S. Al-Hururi ( NMWC).

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from the Bismarck Archipelago and was further recorded from Burma, India, Nigeria and Yemen ( Deeming 2006; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014).

Host remarks. It has been reared from stems of Carthamus tinctorius L. ( Asteraceae ) at New Delhi ( Spencer 1966b).