An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data Author Dawah, Hassan A. Jazan University, Environment and Nature Research Centre, Jazan 45142, P. O. Box 114, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Deeming, John C. National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-31 5583 1 1 38 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1 1175-5326 14797538 146A0D77-A0E6-483E-AA6F-055D743BA9B1 Melanagromyza candidipennis ( Lamb, 1912 ) ( Fig. 11 ) Agromyza candidipennis Lamb, 1912: 345 . Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA : 1♂ , Asir , Maraba , Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 1–30.v.2004 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . GAMBIA : 1♂ , W. Div. , Bakau Carmaloo Corner , 22.xi.1983 , J.C. Deeming ( NMWC ) . YEMEN : 1♀ , al-Kadan, 3.xii.1997 – 17.ii.1998 , A. van Harten & H.M. Naser ( NMWC ) ; 1♀ , Lahj , 11.2001, Malaise trap , A. van Harten & A.M. Hager ( NMWC ) . Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006) and El-Hawagry et al . (2017) . It was described from Seychelles and was further recorded from Gambia , Kenya , Madagascar , Nigeria , Seychelles , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda and Yemen ( Cogan 1980 ; Deeming 2006 ; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014 ). Host remarks. As the specimen collected in Saudi Arabia is not in good condition, the photograph provided here is of a Yemeni specimen from the van Harten collection.