The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula: identification key, an updated list of species and new records from Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Ahmad, Syed Kamran Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Grichanov, Igor Ya. text Journal of Natural History 2020 2020-11-06 54 21 - 22 1425 1454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2020.1800118 1464-5262 5030446 CA325144-D56F-438A-9E2C-681E89862747 Sympycnus basilaris (Curran, 1924) ( Figure 6C ) Specimens examined 1♂ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 1 .ii .2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ; CERS ); 1♀ , Asir , same locality but 1–25 .v .2013; 3♂ , Najran , Al-Shurfa , Saleh Maqbol Farm , 13 .iii .2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Remarks This genus and species are the first records from Saudi Arabia . The species was described from South Africa , having four synonymic names. It is widespread in the Afrotropical region ( Grichanov 2018 ).