Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer, 1961a

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 : 8

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scientific name	Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer, 1961a
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Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer, 1961a View in CoL

Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer, 1961a: 63 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village , Malaise trap, 1.vii.–30.viii.2010, H.A. Dawah, ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 1.ii.–3.iv.2011 ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but, 10–25.ii.2012, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Jazan, Fifa ( Al-Tatweer Centre ), 1–19.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen ; 25.ii–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 1–20.xi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC). YEMEN: 4♂, 12km NW of Manakhah , 24.iv.–4.viii.2003, Malaise, van Harten ( NMWC); 1♂, Suq Bani Mansour , 25.viii–26.ix.2001, Malaise, van Harten ( NMWC). UAE: 2♂, Wadi Wurayah , 22.i.2006, water trap, C.Tourenq ( NMWC).

Distribution. First recorded from Saudi Arabia and is new for the fauna of UAE. This species was described from both sexes from India from specimens reared from Pennisetum typhoideum Rich. ( Poaceae ) the widely cultivated bulrush millet ( Cenchrus americanus (L.) ( Poaceae ), in New Delhi, India ( Spencer 1961a).

Host remarks. It is unknown.