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 Philygria posticata ( Meigen, 1830 ) ( Fig. 35 ) Ephydra posticata Meigen, 1830: 124 . Philygria posticata: Schiner, 1864: 58 [generic combination]; Hollmann-Schirrmacher, 1998: 108–110 [revision]; Mathis et al . 2017: 733 [ United Arab Emirates ]. Hydrina posticata: Becker, 1926: 57 [generic combination]. Philygria vittipennis : Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 388 [ Saudi Arabia , misidentification] Specimens examined. 1 ♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), swept from grasses, 14. iv. 2001 , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; same data but 3. vi. 2001 , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; 1 ♂ , Tahama Tanoma ( Al-Bekra village ), swept from grasses, 20. i. 2003 , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region : Abha Farm Centre ; Tahama Tanoma, al-Bekra village ( Dawah & Abdullah 2006 ). Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . It was described from Central Europe and also recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Austria , Bulgaria , Czechia , Denmark , Germany , Great Britain , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Poland , Russia (European Territory), Slovakia , Spain , Switzerland and Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates . There are some specimens of P. posticata in NMWC from Yemen .