The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species Author Dawah, Hassan A. Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. 0000-0002-3323-3623 Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohd _ robiya @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3323 - 3623 mohd_robiya@hotmail.com Author Deeming, John C. 0000-0002-6703-8180 National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. john. deeming @ museumwales. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6703 - 8180 john.deeming@museumwales.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-30 4869 1 1 54 journal article 8861 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.1 c285848a-ccaf-4f48-8e05-7f9cf6acf225 1175-5326 4418246 C34E9D0C-336A-4F4B-A670-2F342470839D Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907 ( Fig. 75 ) Stygeromyia maculosa Austen, 1907: 447 . Lyperosia rufipalpis Becker, 1910:148 . South Yemen . Specimens examined. 1f, Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 5–20.vi.2011 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ); 1m , 1f , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ; CERS ) . Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1986) . It was described from Yemen . In the Middle East it has been recorded from Iran , Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates and Yemen ( Pont 1986 ; Pont 1991 ; Deeming 2008 ; Dawah & Abdullah 2009 ). Biological remarks. Larvae live in cow, horse and mule dung ( Zumpt 1973 ). The blood-feeding adults are crepuscular or nocturnal, and attack cattle, horses and camels ( Pont 1991 ).