Cerodontha (Icteromyza) piliseta ( Becker, 1903 )

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 : 15-16

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scientific name	Cerodontha (Icteromyza) piliseta ( Becker, 1903 )
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Cerodontha (Icteromyza) piliseta ( Becker, 1903) View in CoL

( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–19 )

Agromyza (Icteromyza) piliseta Becker, 1903: 190 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Maraba, A-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 24.ii.2013 ( ENRC); 1♀, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 7–28.viii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm , 13–30.iii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC). AUSTRALIA: Queensland, 1♂, Ayr, Swans Lagoon , 15–17.iii.1986, Malaise trap, J. Den Hollander ( NMWC). INDONESIA: 4♂, Sulawesi, Utara, Dumoya Irrigation Project, Toraut , 10–19.viii.1985, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs. KENYA: 3♂ Rift Valley, Ol Arabe, George , 11.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin ( NMWC). MAURITIUS: 4♂, Plaine Lievre , 28.v.2000, J.W. Ismay ( NMWC). OMAN: 3♂, Dhofar, Ain Hamran , 22.ix.1988, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC). SEYCHELLES: 2♂, Silhouette , La Passe, 1–4.vii.2000, J. Gerlach ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, ar-Rujum, Malaise trap, 16.x.2000 – 15.1.2001, A. van Harten & A.M. Hager ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). New for the fauna of Kenya and Mauritius. It was described from Egypt (Cairo) and was further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Yemen and Zimbabwe; Palaearctic Region: Europe and Spain; Oriental and Pacific Regions ( Cogan 1980; Papp 1984a; Deeming 2006).

Host remarks. The host plant(s) for this species is unknown but may be Cyperaceae or Juncaceae ( Spencer 1985: 997) .