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 Lispocephala mikii ( Strobl, 1893 ) ( Fig. 73 ) Coenosia mikii Strobl, 1893: 107 . Specimens examined. 1f, Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub (Abha farm centre), 1.ii.2012 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ); 1m , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Hay Al-Sad , 25.ii.–25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009) . It was described from Yugoslavia . General remarks. Carvalho et al . (2005) reported that 166 species and two subspecies of Lispocephala are known worldwide. Biological remarks. The biology of most species of Lispocephala is unknown and only a puparium of L. alma has been described ( Skidmore 1985 ). The larvae of some species are found in shallow water among mosses, where they probably live as carnivores, hatching in the third instar. A number of Hawaiian species of Lispocephala have been reared from the decaying bark of various trees, in association with larval Drosophilidae ( Pont 1991 ) . At least some species are considered to be hygrophilous or halophilous ( Gregor et al . 2002 ).