An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. 0000-0002-3323-3623 mohd_robiya@hotmail.com Author Ahmad, Syed Kamran 0000-0002-6211-2345 entosaif@rediffmail.com Author Al-Dhafer, Hathal 0000-0002-4911-2332 hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa Author Turner, James 0000-0003-2411-7396 urner@museumwales.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-25 4855 1 1 69 journal article 8491 10.11646/zootaxa.4855.1.1 1ad9a0ab-ccd4-4047-9a29-f2dd287dc3e3 1175-5326 4411181 28A15E99-7A79-40CA-A0C6-1DC501B69E46 Eumerus vestitus Bezzi, 1912 ( Fig. 37 ) Eumerus vestitus Bezzi, 1912: 442 FIGURE 37. Habitus of Eumerus vestitus Bezzi, 1912 . Female, lateral view. Examined specimens. 1♂ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub , 1–25.v.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , same locality but 20.iv.2013 ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , same locality but 6–27.vii.2013 ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , Jazan , Abu-Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 11.xii. 2011 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , same locality but 13.i.2012 ; 1♂ , same locality but 10–25.ii.2012 ; 1♂ , same lcality but 24.ii.2013 (Martin Ebejer collection); 1♂ , same locality but 6–27.vii.2013 ( CERS ) ; 2♂ , same locality but 9–30.xii.2013 ; 1♂ , same locality but 5–26.i.2014 ; Najran , Al-Shurfa , 1–29.iv.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , same locality but 7–28.v.2014 ; 1♂ , Jazan , Wadi Lejab , 17.v–8.vi.2015 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 2♀ , Asir , Maraba , Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm , 3–24.xii.2013 , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; 1♀ , Asir , Karatha , Al-Ethrebany fruit farm, 19.vi–10.vii.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 2♂ , same locality but 1–20.i.2014 ( NMWC ) ; 2♂ , same locality but 23.i–13.iii.2014 ( NMWC ) ; 2♂ , same locality but 6–27.v.2014 ( NMWC ) . Distribution. This species is recently recorded from Saudi Arabia by El-Hawagry et al . (2019) . It was described from Guinea-Bissau and is further recorded from Sudan ( Smith & Vockeroth 1980 ; Whittington 2003 ). Smit et al . (2017) record E. vestitus for the first time from the UAE and Yemen . Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken Species of the genus Eupeodes are widely distributed in all zoogeographical regions except Australasian has approximately 95 species mostly in the Palaearctic and Neotropical regions ( Jilong et al . 1997 ; Jilong et al. 1998 ; Mazánek et al. 1999 ). The hoverflies of the genus Eupeodes have yellowish transverse banding or interrupted banding on the abdomen, which gives them a wasp-like appearance (de Meutter van 2009). Their eyes are bare and the sides of the abdomen have a well-defined ridge. The distribution of areas of microtrichia on wings is of diagnostic importance when separating species. The species of this genus play a very important role in the ecosystem as adults help in cross-pollination and larvae are biological control agents for reducing pest insects since the larvae feed on aphids injurious to different crops ( Stubbs & Falk 2002 ; Turk et al . 2015a ). The majority of Eupeodes feed on aphids on trees, shrubs and herbs. Eupeodes is also previously known by its junior synonym Metasyrphus Matsumura.