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 Wohlfahrtia erythrocera ( Fig. 26 ) Wohlfahrtia erythrocera Villeneuve, 1910: 147 . Type locality: Yemen , Socotra Archipelago, Socotra : Ras Shoab & Abd al-Kűrî. Specimens examined. SAUDI ARABIA : 1♂ , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , Hay Al-Sad , Malaise trap , 25.ii.–25.v.2002 ( MNWC ) ; 1♂ , same locality but 6–27.viii.2013 ( CERS ) ; 1♂ , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 18.vi–9.vii.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . KENYA : 1♂ , Coast Province , Tsavo East Nat Park , Ndara Plaias , Anuba lodge 444m , UTM 37 M 478485, 20.v.2006 , sweep net , D. Avesani , G. Cerpaneto , G. Nardi & P. Cerretti ( NMWC ) . NIGER : 2♂ , Aïr Massif , Wadi Iberkam , 18º55’N 80º40’E , 23.vii.1983 , P.C. Matteson ( NMWC ) . OMAN : 10♂ , 1♀ , Jebe Al-Ta’iyeen, 28º26’N 58º16’E , 6.i.1989 , M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , Wadi Al ligg, 23º10’N 58º06’E , 25.x.1990 , M.D. Gallagher & J.C. Deeming ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , Muscat , Ruwi , 4.x.1988 , M.J. Ebejer , larvae from dung beetle Heliocopris gigas 3 wks from ova to adults ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , E. Coast Djbab dunes with Limonium axillare , 13.ix.1992 , M.D. Gallagher & J.C. Deeming ( NMWC ) ; 3♂ , Ruwi Wadi , Ada Aldai , 18.xii.1987 , M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC ) ; 7♂ , 2♀ , near Quriyat Fins , 10.xi.1989 , thousands emerging from sand, M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC ) ; 2♂ , 1♀ , Wadi Adai , 18.xii.1987 , M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC ) . Distribution. Algeria , Eritrea , India , Iran , Iraq , Kenya , Libya , Mali , Niger *, Nigeria , Oman *, Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Socotra , Somalia , Tanzania . Remarks. First record from Saudi Arabia found in this study is by Dawah & Abdullah (2005) . This species was reared from dead beetles and has been found breeding by the thousands in sand containing sardines in Oman (M. Ebejer, pers. comm.).