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 Corythophora longipes Loew, 1862 ( Fig. 9 ) Corythophora longipes Loew, 1862b: 13 : Cresson 1929: 181 [synonymy with Dryxo ornata (Macquart) ]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 13–16 [revision]. Dryxo longipes : Bezzi 1908: 187 [generic combination]. Karema loewella Cresson 1929: 182 : Cogan 1968: 357 [revision]; 1980: 661 [Afrotropical catalog]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 13 [synonymy]. Specimens examined. 1 ♀ , Najran , Valley Dam , 17. ix. 2014 , sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. It was described from South Africa and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Angola , Botswana , Cameroon , Chad , Democratic Republic of Congo , Ethiopia , Ghana , Kenya , Malawi , Namibia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania and Zimbabwe .