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 Orasiopa (Reymontopa) mera ( Cresson, 1939 ) Discocerina mera Cresson, 1939: 6 . Orasiopa mera : Zatwarnicki & Mathis 2001: 40 [generic combination]; Mathis et al . 2017: 696 [ United Arab Emirates ]. Specimens examined. 1 ♂ , Jazan , Farasan Island (Under the Al-Saged Bridge), 22. v. 2014 , sweeping on seaweed, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . This species was described from Thailand and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Aldabra, Seychelles , United Arab Emirates ; Australasian/Oceanian Region: Australia ( New South Wales , Queensland ), Caroline Islands , Eniwetok Atoll, Fiji , Gilbert Islands , Guam , Hawaiian Islands, Marianas Islands , Marshall Islands , Papua New Guinea ( Papua New Guinea , Bismarck Archipelago ), Solomon Islands , Society Islands, Tahiti; Nearctic Region: Antilles, Bermuda , United States ( Florida ); Neotropical Region: Belize , Brazil , Costa Rica , Trinidad and Tobago ; Oriental Region: Malaya, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan , Thailand and Vietnam ; Palaearctic Region: Japan .