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 Paralimna (Phaiosterna) bicolor ( Macquart, 1851 ) Ephydra bicolor Macquart, 1851: 303 Paralimna bicolor : Wirth 1975: 40–41 [generic combination]; Mathis et al . 2017: 685–686 [ Oman , United Arab Emiates]. Paralimna (Phaiosterna) lineata in part of authors, not de Meijere [misidentification]. Paralimna (Phaiosterna) vidua Giordani Soika 1956b: 124 : Cogan 1968: 325 [synonymy with P. aequalis Cresson ]; 1980: 663 [synonymy with P. lineata de Meijere ]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 69–72 [synonymy]. Specimens examined. Numerous ♂ , ♀ , Jazan , Water Treatment , 10. xi. 2015 , sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , same data but 19. xi. 2015 ( CERS ) ; 1 ♂ , Jazan , Harob , Wadi Lajeb , 30. xii. 2015 ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . It was described from Egypt and is further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Aldabra, Burundi , Cameroun , Democratic Republic of Congo , Ethiopia , Gambia , Ghana , Kenya , Madagascar , Namibia , Nigeria , Seychelles , Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda and United Arab Emirates ; Australasian Region: Papua New Guinea ; Palaearctic Region: Egypt and Jordan . Remark. Until recently both Paralimna bicolor and P. lineata have been reported under the name P. aequalis Cresson, 1929 .