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 Neomyia albigena ( Stein, 1913 ) ( Fig. 12 ) Pyrellia albigena Stein, 1913: 469 . Later transferred into Orthellia Robineau-Desvoidy , which is now synonymised with Neomyia Walker. Specimens examined. 1m , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 20.iv.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ); 1f, Asir , Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii.–25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. New to Saudi Arabia . It was described from Madagascar , Sokotra and Tanzania . It was recorded from Yemen ( van Emden 1948 ). Biological remarks. Larvae are recorded as living in cow dung ( Pont 1991 ).