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 PHTHIRIA Meigen Phthiria Meigen, 1803 : 268 . Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796 , by monotypy. Hosts: Gelechiidae and Tortricidae ( Yeates & Greathead 1997 ) . Phthiria sharafi El-Hawagry & Al Dhafer, 2014 ( Fig. 4 ) Phthiria sharafi El-Hawagry & Al Dhafer, 2014 : 388 . Type locality: Saudi Arabia ( Asir : Abha: Raydah). Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. Saudi Arabian localities: Asir : Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.). Dates of collection: April to September.