An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data Author Dawah, Hassan A. Jazan University, Environment and Nature Research Centre, Jazan 45142, P. O. Box 114, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Deeming, John C. National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-31 5583 1 1 38 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1 1175-5326 14797538 146A0D77-A0E6-483E-AA6F-055D743BA9B1 Ophiomyia beckeri ( Hendel, 1923 ) ( Fig. 14 ) Melanagromyza beckeri Hendel, 1923:145 . Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA : 8♂ , 1♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub , 3.vi.2001 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( ENRC ; NMWC ) ; 3♂ , 2♂ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Menhel , 23.v.–12.vi.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . MALTA : 1♂ , Qormi , Wadi Wied il-Kbir, 25.v.1995 , J.C. Deeming ( NMWC ) ; 2♂ , Fiddien , 5.v.2002 , B. Merz ( NMWC ) . MOROCCO : 1 ♀ , Asni , 45km of Marrakesh , 1218m , 12.v.1986 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( NMWC ) . OMAN : 6♂ , Muscat , Al Khuwair , 16.iii.1990 , Malaise trap , R.Matthai ( 4♂ in NMWC and 2♂ in Oman Natural History Museum , Al Khuwair ). TUNISIA : 6♂ , 2♀ , Tabarka , Cap Negro , 15.v.1995 , J.C. Deeming ( NMWC ) . UAE : 1♂ , Sharjah Desert Park , 8–15.iv.2007 , light trap , A. van Harten ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , same data but 29.iii–6.iv.2005 ; 2♂ , same data but 9–21.iii.2005 ; 2♂ , Hatta , 14–21.vi.2006 , light trap ( NMWC ) ; 4♂ , Sharjah , Khor Kalba , near tunnel, light trap ( NMWC ) ; 3♂ , 2♀ , Barqa Al Sugoor Protected Area , Malaise trap , 17.iv.2019 , A. Saji & A. van Harten ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , Wadi Wurayah , 12–14.iv.2005 , T. Pape ( NMWC ) . Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006) . New for the fauna of UAE . It was described from Canary Islands and Egypt and was further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Kenya , Mozambique , Oman , South Africa , Tanzania , Yemen and Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia ); Palaearctic Region: Albania , Algeria , Andorra , Austria , Belgium , Canary Islands, Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Egypt , Finland , France , Germany , Great Britain , Greece incl. Crete , Hungary , Iran , Ireland , Israel , Kazakhstan , Liechtenstein , Lithuania ; Malta , Morocco , Poland , Portugal , incl. Madeira , Sicily, Slovakia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Tunisia , Turkey and Ukraine : Oriental Region: India : Nearctic Region; USA ( Cogan 1980 ; Papp 1984a ; Černý 2005 ; Deeming 2006 ; Kahanpää 2014 ; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014 ; Černý et al . 2018 ; Eiseman et al . 2019 ). Host remarks. Al-Houty (1989: 144) recorded it from Kuwait from Launaea Cass. ( Asteraceae ) as its host plant. Spencer (1973a: 60) records it as leaf-miner of Crepis L. ( Asteraceae ), Hypochaeris L. ( Asteraceae ), Leontodon L. ( Asteraceae ), Picris L. ( Asteraceae ), Sonchus L. ( Asteraceae ), and Taraxacum F.H. Wigg. ( Asteraceae ) It has been also reared from Krigia virginica (L.) Willd ( Asteraceae ) ( Eiseman et al . 2019 ).