Dawah Hassan A, Ahmad Syed K, Abdullah Mohammed A, Zatwarnicki Tadeusz
Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P.O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia..
Zootaxa. 2019 Dec 17;4711(3):zootaxa.4711.3.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1.
Despite the species richness of Ephydridae world-wide (2000 species) and its prominent environmental roles as a minor pest and as a food for wildlife, only 13 species have been recorded from Saudi Arabia. Between 2012 and 2016, a biodiversity study of Diptera was conducted at Jazan, Asir, and Najran in south-western Saudi Arabia, at 22 sites, was performed mainly using Malaise traps and sweep nets. In this study, 43 known species of Ephydridae were identified, 37 of them for the first time from southwestern Saudi Arabia and 16 from Arabian Peninsula. This brings the total number of Ephydridae species in Saudi Arabia to 49 (including previous records). There were a further four species, which could not be identified authoritatively to species level. A list of all species of Ephydridae recorded from Saudi Arabia is appended. Images of thirty-two species are presented. The species recorded in this study are more Palaearctic in origin as compared to other regions. Biological information (where known) and world-wide distribution are included. This study has added new records to the Saudi Arabian checklist of Ephydridae, which will provide the basis for systematic studies and fauna analyses of future work on the family. The need for further field and laboratory work and surveillance is highlighted.
尽管全球鼓翅蝇科物种丰富（有2000种），且作为次要害虫和野生动物食物发挥着重要的环境作用，但沙特阿拉伯仅记录到13种。2012年至2016年期间，在沙特阿拉伯西南部的吉赞、阿西尔和奈季兰的22个地点开展了双翅目生物多样性研究，主要使用马氏网和扫网进行。在本研究中，共鉴定出43种已知的鼓翅蝇科物种，其中37种是首次在沙特阿拉伯西南部发现，16种是在阿拉伯半岛首次发现。这使得沙特阿拉伯鼓翅蝇科物种总数达到49种（包括之前的记录）。另外还有4个物种无法权威鉴定到物种水平。附录列出了沙特阿拉伯记录的所有鼓翅蝇科物种。展示了32个物种的图片。与其他地区相比，本研究记录的物种更多起源于古北区。文中包含了（已知的）生物学信息和全球分布情况。本研究为沙特阿拉伯鼓翅蝇科名录增添了新记录，这将为该科未来工作的系统研究和动物区系分析提供基础。文中强调了进一步开展野外和实验室工作以及监测的必要性。
