An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Ahmad, Syed K. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-17 4711 3 401 445 journal article 24562 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1 9f235b62-9469-46ae-9fc0-9a39bd53b690 1175-5326 3586476 EF990EE4-6D69-41DE-A7ED-6C3B5141B106 Scatophila caviceps ( Stenhammar, 1844 ) Ephydra caviceps Stenhammar, 1844: 270 . Scatella caviceps : Loew 1860: 42 [generic combination]. Scatophila caviceps : Becker 1896: 241 [generic combination]; Zatwarnicki 1987: 279–280 , 291 [figures of male genitalia]. Specimens examined. 2 ♂ , 3 ♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 1–25. v. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , same but 3–24. vii. 2013 ; 1 ♂ , same data but 12. xi. 2013 ( CERS ) ; 1 ♀ , Najran , Al-Shurfa , Saleh Maqbol Farm , 13. iii. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , Asir , Karatha , Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 7–28. viii. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25. ii.–25. v. 2002 , Malaise trap . H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . This species was described from Sweden and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan , Europe, Madeira, Morocco , and Russia (Far East).