Pseudonapomyza spinosa, Spencer, 1973

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 : 30-31

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scientific name	Pseudonapomyza spinosa
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Pseudonapomyza spinosa View in CoL S pencer, 1973a

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Pseudonopomyza spinosa Spencer, 1973a: 275 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 3.vi.2001, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–31.iii.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) 2♂, 1♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel , 12.vi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 9♂, Riyadh, Rhodet Khorim , 19.ii.2012, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). 2♂, Riyadh, Khararah , 21.ii.2012, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: 2♂, Santiago , São Jorge dos Órgãos, iv.1990, Code 2507, A. van Harten ( NMWC). EGYPT: 1♂, Minya Zawet Sultan , 30.ii.2000, P. Skidmore, det. P. Skidmore ( NMWC); 2♀ same data but 28.ii.2000; 1♂, Giza, Al Aliat , 11.xii.2003, ex Cynodon dactylon, S.A. El-Serwy (NMWC) . ETHIOPIA: 1♂, Aromo Province, Lake Zwai , Malaise trap, Pennisetum purpureum, M.R. Wilson (NMWC) ; NIGER: 4♂, 15♀, Aïr Massif, Wadi Iberkom , 24.viii.1983, P.C. Matteson ( NMWC). NIGERIA: 1♂, Zaria, Samaru , 6.iii.1966, J. C. Deeming ( NMWC). KENYA: 1♂, Western Province , Bungoma, 1140m alt. Ix.2007, M.R. Wilson ( NMWC). OMAN: 3♂, Muscat, Bowsher dunes, 2 km inland, Acacia and grasses, 8.ii.1990, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC); 2♂, Muscat, Haramel , 28.iii.1995, S.P. Dance ( NMWC); 3♂, Dhofar, Salalah, Dahareez , 8.xi.1992, on tomato plot, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); SRI LANKA: 1♀, Kandy , 30.xi.1985, J. Den Hollander ( NMWC). UAE: 8♂, 2♀, Dubai, Al Ajban , 12–15.vi.2006, Malaise trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC); 1♂, same data but 28.xii.2005 – 29.i.2006; 1♂, same data but 21.ix.–25.x.2007, water trap; 2♂, Wadi Wurayah , 12–14.vi.2005, T. Pape ( NMWC); same data but 2–9.iii.2009, water trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC) 1♂, Al Wathba Reserve , 1–31.xii.2014, Malaise trap, A. Saji & A. van Harten ( NMWC); 1♂, Dubai, Hatta , 14–21.vi.2006, light trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♂, al-Kowd, iv.1993, Malaise trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC); 1♂, Lahj , x.2000, Malaise trap, A. van Harten & A. Sallam ( NMWC); 1♂, al-Lahima, 1–9.iv.2001, Malaise trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). New for the fauna of Ethiopia, Niger, Sri Lanka and UAE. It was described from Egypt ( Alexandria) and was further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Island, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania and Yemen; Palaearctic Region; Egypt, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Spain and Turkey: Oriental Region: India, Nepal and Thailand:Australasian and Oceanian Regions; Australia, Fiji, Guam, Republic of Kiribati, Micronesia, New Caledonia, American Samoa ( Cogan 1980; Papp 1984a; Deeming 2006; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014; Černý et al. 2018).

Host remarks. Černý et al. (2018) reported that the host plants of this species are the genera of Poaceae : Brachiaria (Trin.) Grieseb , Eleusine Gaertn , Hordeum L., Triticum L., and Z. mays .