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 Oedenops isis Becker, 1903 ( Fig. 10 ) Oedenops isis Becker, 1903: 178 : Cogan 1968: 355–356 [revision]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54–57 [revision]. Oedenops nudus of authors, not Becker [misidentification]: Cresson 1929: 183–184 [discussion, synonymy of O. isis Becker with O. nudus (Coquillett) ]. Oedenops aurantiacus Giordani Soika 1956b: 123 : Cogan 1968: 355 [revision]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54 [synonymy]. Oedenops flavitarsis Miyagi 1977: 46 : Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 54 [synonymy]. Specimens examined. 1 ♀ , Abha, 4. vii. 1983 , sweeping, A.S. Talhouk (Basel Museum). Distribution. This is first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. It was described from Egypt (Island Philae on the river Nile) and further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Cameroon , Ethiopia , Madagascar , Namibia and Sudan ; Australasian/Oceanian: Australia ( Queensland ); Oriental Region: China , India , Malaysia , Pakistan , Thailand , Taiwan and Vietnam ; Palaearctic Region: Egypt , Israel and Japan . There are some specimens of O. isis in NMWC collected from Nigeria and Yemen . Remarks : The above specimen was identified by Dr John Deeming for the Basel Museum (J.C. Deeming; pers. comm.).