Agromyza penniseti Spencer, 1959

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14797482
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scientific name	Agromyza penniseti Spencer, 1959
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Agromyza penniseti Spencer, 1959 View in CoL

Agromyza penniseti Spencer, 1959: 248 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 20.ii.–13.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 2♂, Jazan, Fifa, ( Al-Tatweer Centre ), 10–13.viii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC). GAMBIA: 1♂, Central River Div., Naini Distr., Kuntaur , bank of River Gambia , 9.ix.1997, D.J. Mann ( NMWC). NIGERIA: 1♂, Zaria, Samaru , viii.1979, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC).

Distribution. First recorded from Saudi Arabia, this species is new for the fauna of the Gambia. This species was described from Cameroun and was further recorded from Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (Natal) and Uganda ( Cogan 1980).

Host remarks. This species has been reared from C. purpureum and C. pedicillatus (Trin) Morrone ( Spencer 1973a) .