Pseudonapomyza asiatica 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 : 27-28

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scientific name	Pseudonapomyza asiatica Spencer, 1961a
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Pseudonapomyza asiatica Spencer, 1961a View in CoL

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Pseudonapomyza asiatica Spencer, 1961a: 92 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 25.iii.2003 ( NMWC). BANGLADESH: 1♂, 3♀, Meghna flood plain, 4.vi.1978, swept from deep water rice, H.O. Catling ( NMWC). BRAZIL: 9♂, Ceara pond near Maracanaú , 8– 10.x.1997, E. Bergonzo & W. Rossi (NMWC) . GAMBIA: 2♂, 1♀, Central River Division (N.) Niani District, Sokuto , 24.viii.1997, sorghum field, D.J. Mann ( NMWC). GHANA: 1♂, Legon , i.1999, M. Cobblah ( NMWC). NIGERIA: 1♂, Zaria, Samaru , 26.vii.1985, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). OMAN: 1♂, Dhofar, Salalah, Dahareez , 12.x.1990, grasses and chenopods in coconut grove, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 1♂, Marmul, Desert Agriculture project, xi.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 1♂, 1♀, same data but swept from Rhodes grass; 1♂, Dhofar, Wadi Nahiz , 21–25.ix.1988, M. Ebejer ( NMWC); 1♂, Muscat, Bausher dunes 2 km inland, 8.ii.1990, Acacia and grasses, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). New for the fauna of Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria. It was described from specimens from Singapore and India and was further recorded from Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Tanzania: Palaearctic Region; Israel: Oriental Region; Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand: Nearctic Region; USA: Neotropical Region; Brazil, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Venezuela: Australasian Region; Hawaii ( Cogan 1980; Etienne, & Martinez 2003; Boucher 2004; Deeming 2006; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014).

Host remarks. The host plants for this species, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. ( Poaceae ), Zea mays L. ( Poaceae ), Oryza sativa L. ( Poaceae ), Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. ( Poaceae ), Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. formosensis Ohwi ( Poaceae ), Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. ( Poaceae ), Setaria viridis (L.) ( Poaceae ), Paspalum conjugatum P.J.Berg. ( Poaceae ), Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees ( Poaceae ) ( Spencer 1973a: 264–266; Liao & Shiao 2001).