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 THYRIDANTHRAX Osten Sacken Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886 : 113 . Type species: Anthrax selene Osten Sacken, 1886 , by subsequent designation of Coquillett, 1910 : 615 . Hosts: Eggs of Acrididae , cocoons of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) , pupae of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) , pupa of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) and pupae of the tsetse-fly [ Glossina spp., Diptera ] ( Austen 1929 ; Hull 1973 ; Yeates & Greathead 1997 ). Thyridanthrax anomalus Greathead, 1980 Thyridanthrax anomalus Greathead, 1980b: 324 . Type locality: Saudi Arabia . Distribution: PA: Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Makkah : Wadi Fatimah (Al-Jamoum Gov.). Dates of collection: October. Thyridanthrax decipulus ( Austen, 1937 ) Villa decipulus Austen, 1937 : 143 . Type locality: Palestine ( West Bank ). Distribution: AF: Oman , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], United Arab Emirates . PA: Israel , Palestine ( West Bank ), Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : nr. Al-Mekhwa (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Al-Qasim : Bureida City (Bureida Gov.). Dates of collection: May. Thyridanthrax mutilus ( Loew, 1869 ) Anthrax mutilus Loew, 1869 : 159 . Type locality: Greece (Rhodes). Distribution: PA: Egypt , Greece , Israel , Italy , Macedonia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey . Saudi Arabian localities: Tabuk : nr. Tabuk City ( Tabuk Gov.). Dates of collection: March and April. Thyridanthrax perspicillaris ( Loew, 1869 ) Anthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869 : 157 . Type locality: Italy , Greece , probably Kazakhstan [as “Südrussland”] and Syria or Turkey [as “Klein-Asien”]. Anthrax gallus Loew, 1869 : 155 . Anthrax hispanus Loew, 1869 : 158 . Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1920 : 108 . Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1921 : 136 . Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1924 : 210 . Distribution: AF: Eritrea , Ethiopia , Gambia , Ghana , Mali , Mauritania , South Africa , Sudan , United Arab Emirates . OR: Pakistan . PA: Afghanistan , Albania , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Egypt , France , Germany , Greece (incl. Rhodes), Gruzia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy (incl. Sicily ), Kazakhstan , Kyrgyz Republic , Libya , Morocco , Mongolia , Palestine ( West Bank ), Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , former Yugoslavia . Saudi Arabian localities: Haiel: 40 km W of Haiel, Haiel City, Saqf (Haiel Gov.). Makkah : nr. El-Leith (El-Leith Gov.). Riyadh : Riyadh City ( Riyadh Gov.). Dates of collection: March and October.