Pseudonapomyza spicata ( Malloch, 1914 )

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 : 29-30

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scientific name	Pseudonapomyza spicata ( Malloch, 1914 )
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Pseudonapomyza spicata ( Malloch, 1914) View in CoL

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Phytomyza spicata Malloch, 1914: 334 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 3♂, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–17.vi.2003, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 15.v.–11.vi.2006, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC). BOTSWANA: 1♂, Tlokweng , 6-13.ii.1990, J.M. Mashonja. EGYPT: 3♂, Giza, Al-Aliat , em. vii.2003, ex Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv., S.A. El-Serwy; 4♂, same data but em. vii.2003, ex forage sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, S.A. El-Serwy; 3♂, 1♀, same data but em vi.2003, ex Echinochloa colonum (L.). INDONESIA: 2♀, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoya Irrigation Project, Toraut , 10–19.viii.1985, Malaise trap, Irrigated rice var. Aceh, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( NMWC). KENYA: 2♂, Rift Valley, Ol Arabe, Gorge , 11.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin ( NMWC). UAE: 1♂, Dubai, Al Ajban , 10–17.x.2005, Malaise trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC). OMAN: 1♂, al-Khuwair, 7.xi.1987, M.J. Ebejer; 2♂, Muscat, Wattayeh , 17–2.iv.1988, M.D. Gallagher; 2♂, Muscat, Wattayeh , 4–7.iv.1988, M.J. Ebejer; 2♂, Dhofar, Salalah, Dahareez , sweeping ratooned forage millet, 8.xi.1992, J.C. Deeming; 1♂, same data but swept from Rhodes grass; 1♂, S of Qualhat GoogleMaps , 22º44’N 59 o 20’E, gravel plain, 21.ii.1995, M.P. Hughes & M.D. Gallagher; 1♂, Marmul, Desert Agriculture Project , 30.xi–2.xii.1992, J.C. Deeming. UAE: 1♂, Hatta , 14–21.vi.2006, light trap, A. van Harten; 1♂, Al-Ajban , 10–17.x.2005, A. van Harten. YEMEN: 2♂, al-Kowd, iv.1993, Malaise trap, A. van Harten; 4♂, al-Kadan, 3.xii.1997 – 17.ii.1998, A. van Harten & H.M. Naser; 3♂, Lahj , ix.2000, Malaise trap, A. van Harten & A. Sallam; 1♂, Suq Bani Mansour , 28.viii-26.ix.2001, A. van Harten.

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). New for the fauna of Botswana, Kenya, Oman and Yemen. It was described from Formosa ( Tainan, Takao) and was further recorded from the Palaearctic Region; Egypt, Iraq, Israel: Afrotropical Region; Sudan, Zimbabwe: Oriental Region; Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand: Australasian Region; New Guinea, ( Spencer 1973a; Papp 1984a; Deeming 2006; Černý 2023). It is widespread on Pacific Islands.

Host remarks. Spencer (1973a: 274, 1990; Benavent-Corai 2005) reported that the host plants of P. spicata are maize ( Zea mays L.) ( Poaceae ), wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) ( Poaceae ), sugar cane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) ( Poaceae ), Panicum miliaceum L. ( Poaceae ) and in Hawaii, 14 species of wild grasses.