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 Atherigona ( Atherigona ) lineata ( Adams, 1905 ) ( Fig. 33 ) Coenosia lineata Adams, 1905: 208 . Specimens examined. 1m , Najran , Al-Shurfa , Saleh Maqbol Farm , 1–20.i.2014 , Malaise trap , H . A . Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1m , Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag village, 1.ii.–3.vi.2011 , Malaise trap , H . A . Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1m , same data but 5–20.vi.2011 ( CERS ) ; 1m , Asir , Maraba , Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 24.ii.2013 , Malaise trap , H . A . Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1m , same data but 1–30.v.2004 ( NMWC ) ; 2m , same data but 1–31.v.2004 ( NMWC ); 1f, Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha farm centre), 1–31. V . 2004, Malaise trap , H . A . Dawah ( CERS ); same data but 10.v.2001 ( CERS ) . Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009) . It was described from Salisbury, Zimbabwe . In the Middle East it has been recorded from Oman , Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates ( Pont 1991 ; Deeming 2008 ; Dawah & Abdullah 2009 ). Taxonomic remarks. In terms of size, colouration and the development of the frontofacial angle A. lineata is a very variable species and the possibility exists that it may be a species complex. The subspecies Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden is, however, a distinct taxon. Biological remarks. It has been reared from sorghum ( S. bicolor ), but has also been recorded from other poaceous hosts (e.g., Paspalum scrobiculatum L., Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem Schult ) ( Skidmore 1985 ; Pont 1991 ; Deeming 2000 ).