An overview of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Culicidae), with updated keys to the adult females Author Dawah, Hassan A. 0000-0001-5642-7247 Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia dawaha @ hotmail. co. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5642 - 7247 dawaha@hotmail.co.uk Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. 0000-0002-3323-3623 Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mohd _ robiya @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3323 - 3623 mohd_robiya@hotmail.com Author Ahmad, Syed Kamran 0000-0002-6211-2345 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India entosaif @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6211 - 2345 entosaif@rediffmail.com Author Turner, James 0000-0003-2411-7396 National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences, Entomology Section, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, UK James. Turner @ museumwales. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2411 - 7396 urner@museumwales.ac.uk Author Azari-Hamidian, Shahyad 0000-0002-9370-9638 Research Center of Health and Environment, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Department of Medical Parasitology, Mycology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran azari @ gums. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9370 - 9638 * Corresponding author: azari @ gums. ac. ir azari@gums.ac.ir text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-28 5394 1 1 76 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5394.1.1/52549 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5394.1.1 1175-5334 10438079 6D86633F-0167-414D-B511-550BCBE578CD Aedes ( Ochlerotatus ) detritus Haliday, 1833 ( Fig. 23 ) Type locality. Holywood , Downshire , England . Distribution. This species is found in the Palaearctic Region ( Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019 ). In the Middle East and North Africa, it has been recorded in Algeria , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia and Turkey ( Margalit & Tahori 1974 ; Harbach et al. 1989 ; Minář 1991 ; Alten et al. 2000 ; Brunhes et al. 2000 ; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Khater et al. 2013 ; Tabbabi et al. 2017 ; Aqeehal et al. 2019 ; Azari-Hamadian et al. 2019; Ben Ayed et al. 2019 ; Wilkerson et al. 2021 ). It was first recorded in Saudi Arabia by Al Ahmad et al. (2011). Remarks. The Ae. detritus complex includes two species: Ae. detritus and Ae. coluzzii Rioux, Guilvard & Pasteur ( Rioux et al. 1998 ) . Aedes coluzzii is recorded in France , Morocco and Portugal ( Wilkerson et al . 2021 ). Medical importance. Aedes detritus is not considered to be a major vector of human disease agents ( Ribeiro et al. 1988 ). It may transmit the agent of canine dirofilariasis ( Ferreira et al. 2015 ).