An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Ahmad, Syed K. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-17 4711 3 401 445 journal article 24562 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1 9f235b62-9469-46ae-9fc0-9a39bd53b690 1175-5326 3586476 EF990EE4-6D69-41DE-A7ED-6C3B5141B106 Hydrellia maura Meigen, 1838 Hydrellia maura Meigen, 1838: 374 : Hering 1950: 238 [host plant: Potamogeton perfoliatus L. ( Potamogetonaceae )]; Deeming 2002: 55 [review]. Hydrellia modesta Loew 1860: 23 : Brocher 1910: 170–176 [immature stages]; Séguy 1934: 430 [synonymy]. Hydropota modesta : Coe 1945: 396 [generic combination]. Hydrellia griseola variety modesta: Cresson 1932: 6 [revised status]. Hydrellia incana form modesta : Nye 1958: 441–443 [larva; host plants]. Specimens examined. 1 ♂ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 1–25. v. 2013 , Malaise trap . H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , same data but 23. viii.–13. x. 2013 . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. This species was described from Germany ( Baiern ) and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: South Africa ; Palaearctic Region: Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azores, Belgium , Bulgaria , Canary Islands, Czechia , Egypt , Faroe Islands , Finland , Germany , Great Britain , Hungary , Italy , Jordan , Madeira Islands, Morocco , Netherlands , Poland , Romania , Spain , Madeira Islands, Sweden , Switzerland .