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 Allotrichoma argentipraetextum Lamb, 1912 ( Fig. 29 ) Allotrichoma argentipraetextum Lamb, 1912: 324 . Allotrichoma outambense Canzoneri 1986: 72 : Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2003: 620 [synonymy]. Specimens examined. 1 ♂ ?, Jazan , Harob , Wadi Lajeb , sweeping, 30. xii. 2015 , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ ?, Jazan , Harob , Wadi Al-Razan , sweeping, 30. xii. 2015 , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. This species was described from the Seychelles island of Mahé and further recorded from Sierra Leone . Remarks. We could not determine the sex of this specimen without macerating it, which would destroy the patterning.