The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Ahmad, Syed Kamran Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Grichanov, Igor Ya. text Journal of Natural History 2020 2020-11-06 54 21 - 22 1425 1454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118 1464-5262 5030446 CA325144-D56F-438A-9E2C-681E89862747 Thinophilus promotus Becker, 1910 ( Figure 5C ) Specimens examined 1♂ , Jazan , Um Al-Raq Island , 10–31 .v .2016, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . The species was described from South Yemen and further recorded from Djibouti ( Grichanov 2018 ).