Phytomyza (Phytomyza) orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864

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 : 25

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scientific name	Phytomyza (Phytomyza) orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864
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Phytomyza (Phytomyza) orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864 View in CoL

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Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864: 265 View in CoL

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 3♂, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm , 7–23.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, same data but 13–30.iii.2013 ( ENRC); 1♂, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha farm centre), 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel , 23.v.–12.vi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC). CYPRUS: 1♂, Pano Lefkara Dam , 26.iv.2002, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); GREECE: 1♂, Crete near Kansas, Bedside, R. Kairatos , 24–29.iv.1985, C.E. Dyte ( NMWC). MALTA: 1♂, 1♀, Fomm ir-Rih, 25.v.1994, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 3♀, Balzan, 8.v.1995, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). SPAIN: 1♂, 1♀, Cadiz , Zahara do los Atunes, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( NMWC). TURKEY: 1♀, Torba , 25.8.1995 Medicago sp. , J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, Sana’s , 7.ix.1998, Malaise trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC); 1♂, 9♀ same data but 29.v.1991.

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Germany (without type-locality being specified). It is widespread in the Palaearctic Region: Austria, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (including Crete, Rhodes and Macedonia), Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy (including Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Moldovia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (including Crimea), Uzbekistan: Afrotropical Region; Ethiopia and Yemen: Oriental Region; India and Pakistan: Neotropical Region; Chile ( Cogan 1980; Papp 1984a; Černý 2005; Deeming 2006; Spencer 1973,a,b; Papp & Černý 2019). For more information see Spencer (1973a: 364–367) and Černý & von Tschirnhaus (2023).

Host remarks. This species has been used as a biological agent for control of the parasitic weed Orobanche L. ( Orobanchaceae ). There are more than one hundred research papers dealing with this economically important species.