Sarcophaga ( Liopygia ) surcoufi, Villeneuve, 1913

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Pape, Thomas, 2024, Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species, Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 1-33 : 19

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Sarcophaga ( Liopygia) surcoufi View in CoL

Sarcophaga surcoufi Villeneuve, 1913: 415 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria, Tilrempt .

Engelisca adhamae Lehrer & Abou-Zied, 2008: 1–3 View in CoL , syn. nov. Type locality: Saudi Arabia, El-Baha , Mt. Gebel El-Zaher.

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 5♂, Al-Baha, autumn 2010, ex, rabbit carcase, E.M. Abou-Zied ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Al-Baha mountain, 20º06’N 41º38’E 6.iii.2010, E.M. Abou-Zied ( NMWC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey.

Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Lehrer & Abou-Zied (2008, as Engelisca adhamae ). The subtle differences between the nominal taxa Sarcophaga surcoufi Villeneuve and Engelisca adhamae Lehrer & Abou-Zied mentioned by Lehrer & Abou-Zied (2008) are here considered as not sufficient to justify a separation into distinct species.