The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea) Author El-Hawagry, Magdi S. Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-24 4590 1 59 94 journal article 26974 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3 55b8b573-dbb6-46d2-a514-8e6cf2e69b30 1175-5326 2651542 66524B29-2832-46FA-9709-A79FD545A997 Genus XERAMOEBA Hesse Xeramoeba Hesse , 1956 : 356 . Type species: Xeramoeba apricaria Hesse , 1956 , by original designation. Hosts: Acrididae eggs ( Orthoptera ), Bombyliidae (Diptera) , Meloidae (Coleoptera) and Noctuidae pupae ( Lepidoptera ) ( Yeates & Greathead 1997 ). Xeramoeba arabica Greathead, 1980 Xeramoeba arabica Greathead, 1980b: 317 . Type locality: Saudi Arabia . Distribution: PA: Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Haiel: Haiel, Shamirah (Haiel Gov.). Riyadh : Rawdhat Al-Sabalah (Al-Zulfi Province). Dates of collection: August. Xeramoeba oophaga ( Zakhvatkin, 1931 ) Anthrax oophaga Zakhvatkin, 1931 : 390 . Type locality: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . Anthrax oophagus Paramonov, 1935 : 15 , 29 (key only). Anthrax oophagus var. parva Paramonov, 1935 : 15 , 29. Hosts: Eggs of Dociostaurus sp. and Oedaleus senegalensis [ Orthoptera : Acrididae ] (Greathead 1863; Yeates & Greathead 1997 ). Distribution: AF: Mali , Niger , Oman , United Arab Emirates . OR: Pakistan . PA: Iraq , Kazakhstan , Saudi Arabia , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . Saudi Arabian localities: Hotak (Greathead, 1980b). Dates of collection: April. Xeramoeba semirufa ( Sack, 1909 ) Chionamoeba semirufa Sack, 1909 : 545 . Type locality: Iran . Distribution: OR: Pakistan . PA: Afghanistan , Egypt , Iran , Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Ghabet Shahba ( Al-Baha Gov.). Al-Sharqiya: Al-Hufuf (Al-Ehsaa). Makkah : Wadi Qanona (Al-Ordiyat). Riyadh : Rawdhat Al-Harmaliyah (Al-Quwayiyah Province). Dates of collection: February to October.