An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Deeming, John C. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-15 4791 1 1 71 journal article 21678 10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 f530d842-6e03-4335-941c-f14930921041 1175-5326 3895893 96163E4E-BE84-4CF0-BD34-7E8BF815114D Neoloxotaenia gracilis ( de Meijere, 1908 ) ( Fig 58 ) Lagaroceras gracilis de Meijere, 1908: 170 . Specimens examined. 2♂ , 1♀ , Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 1–13.xii.2012 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . It was described from Sri Lanka and is further recorded from Hawaii, India , Japan , Malaya, Philippines , Sumatra, Taiwan , Thailand , Vietman, Yemen ( Nartshuk 1984 ; Deeming 2011 ; Deeming & Al-Dhafer 2012 ; Nartshuk 2013 ). Remarks . Deeming (2011) reported that N. gracilis has been reared from the spice cardamom.