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 Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943 ( Fig. 15–16 ) Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943a: 4 : Zatwarnicki 1988: 602–603 [revision]; Deeming 2002: 54 [ Oman ]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 387–388; El-Hawagry et al 2017: 1516 [ Saudi Arabia ]; Mathis et al . 2017: 688–689 [ United Arab Emirates ]. Hydrellia binotata Canzoneri and Meneghini 1969: 126 ; Deeming 2002: 54 [synonymy]. Specimens examined. 1 ♀ , Asir , Karatha , Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm , 7–28. viii. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) : 3 ♂ , Jazan , Farasan island , Aziz Yousef Village , 29. x. 2014 , sweeping on grasses, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 4. iii. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Asir , Wadi Hali , sweeping on grasses, 9. i. 2003 , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♀ , Asir , Maraba , 1–17. vi. 2003 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah & M.A. Abdullah , Maraba , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ; NMWC ) ; 2 ♂ , same data but 1–30. v. 2004 ( CERS ) . FIGURES 14–15 . Habitus, lateral view. 14. Hydrellia griseola ( Fallén, 1813 ) , female. 15. Hydrellia latipalpis Cresson, 1943 (Images: James Turner, NMWC). Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region : Maraba: 60 km S of Abha; Wadi Hali ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006 ); Garf Raydah Nature Reserve ( El-Hawagry et al . 2017 ). Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) and El- Hawagry et al . (2017). It was described from Colombo, Sri Lanka (female) and Nepal (male). The species was further recorded from the following areas: Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo , Mauritius , Oman , United Arab Emirates and Yemen ; Oriental Region: Nepal , Sri Lanka and Thailand . Remarks. Cresson (1943a: 4) described H. latipalpis from a single female from Colombo, Sri Lanka while Zatwarnicki (1988: 602) described the male of H. latipalpis from Nepal . Recently Deeming (2002) found that the male genitalia of H. latipalpis is identical to that of Hydrellia binotata , which was described by Canzoneri & Meneghini (1969: 126) from Democratic Republic of Congo and he placed H. binotata as a junior synonym of H. latipalpis . All known species of Hydrellia have larvae that are phytophagous. Most mine in leaves and stems of aquatic plants but some attack terrestrial plants, especially Poaceae (e.g. rice).