The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-24 4590 1 59 94 journal article 26974 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3 55b8b573-dbb6-46d2-a514-8e6cf2e69b30 1175-5326 2651542 66524B29-2832-46FA-9709-A79FD545A997 Genus PTEROBATES Bezzi Pterobates Bezzi, 1921 : 130 . Type species: Anthrax apicalis Wiedemann, 1821 , by monotypy. Hosts: Cocoons of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) ( Yeates & Greathead 1997 ). Pterobates chalybaeus ( Röder, 1887 ) ( Fig. 15 ) Exoprosopa chalybaea Röder, 1887 : 75 . Type locality: Lebanon . Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. PA: Egypt , Israel , Lebanon , Syria . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al-Mekhwa Gov.), Ghabet Raghdan (Al- Baha Gov.). Asir : Abha escarpment, Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.) . Makkah : Taief escarpment (Taief Gov.). Dates of collection: May to November.