Pseudonapomyza spinosa Spencer 1973
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Deeming, John C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Pseudonapomyza
Pseudonapomyza spinosa

description: Pseudonapomyza spinosa S pencer, 1973a
(Figs. 35–36)
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.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C., 2025, An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data, pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 5583 (1) on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797538