Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Saudi Arabia: new records, an updated checklist and a new species Author Dawah, Hassan A. Centre for Environmental Research and Studies, Jazan University, P. O. Box 2095, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Author Pape, Thomas Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-02-27 5418 1 1 33 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.1 1175-5326 10717951 AD2E1255-5C36-4E6B-A128-B7EBBF34AB5A Blaesoxipha lapidosa Sarcophaga lapidosa Zetterstedt, 1845: 1295 . Unavailable, published in synonymy and not treated as valid before 1961. Blaesoxipha lapidosa Pape, 1994: 37 . Type locality: Hungary , Kiskunság National Park . Distribution. Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , Austria , Bulgaria , Canary Is, China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Egypt , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Libya , Lithuania , Malta , Moldova , Mongolia , Morocco , Norway , Poland , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Serbia , Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia , Slovenia , Somalia , Spain , Sudan , Switzerland , Syria , Thailand , The Netherlands , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine ; [Introduced to Hawaiian Is, but not established]. Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Verves (1986a , as B . campestris Robineau-Desvoidy ).