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 SPOGOSTYLUM Macquart Spogostylum Macquart, 1840 : 53 . Type species: Spogostylum mystaceum Macquart, 1840 , by monotypy. Hosts: Solitary bees and wasps, egg-pods of Acrididae and their Meloidae predators, cocoon of pyralid and its braconid parasitoids ( Yeates & Greathead 1997 ). Spogostylum candidum ( Sack, 1909 ) ( Fig. 11 ) Psamatamoeba candida Sack, 1909 : 538 . Type locality: Iran . Distribution: AF: Egypt [as ”Gebel Elba”], Saudi Arabia [as South-western part], United Arab Emirates . OR: Pakistan . PA: Egypt , Iran , Turkey . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Dates of collection: June. Spogostylum dagomba ( Bowden, 1964 ) Argyramoeba dagomba Bowden, 1964 : 93 . Type locality: Ghana . Distribution: AF: Chad , Ivory Coast , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Ghana , Kenya , Niger , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Somalia , Sudan , Yemen . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Aqabet Al-Baha-Tihama (Al-Mekhwa Gov.), Baljurash City (Baljurashi Gov.). Asir : Muhaiel City (Muhaiel Gov.). Makkah : Taief City, Taief escarpment (Taief Gov.), Wadi Dogah (Qunfodah Gov.), Wadi Turabah (Turabah Gov.) . Dates of collection: Throughout the year. Spogostylum isis ( Meigen, 1820 ) Anthrax isis Meigen, 1820 : 164 . Type locality: “ Oesterreich ” [probably = Austria ]. Anthrax subnotata Walker, 1871 : 262 . Distribution: AF: Mali , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. PA: Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , Croatia , Cyprus , Egypt , France , Greece , Gruzia , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyz Republic , Libya , Macedonia , Malta , Morocco , Portugal , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Syria , Tajikistan , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , former Yugoslavia . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Riyadh : Rawdhat Khorim (Rimah Gov.), nr. Riyadh City ( Riyadh Gov.). Dates of collection: March to July. Spogostylum niphas ( Hermann, 1907 ) Argyromoeba niphas Hermann, 1907 : 194 . Type locality: Transcaspien. Spongostylum niphas var. bilineata Engel, 1936 : 448 . Distribution: AF: Eritrea , Mauritania , Oman , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Somalia , Yemen . OR: Pakistan . PA: Egypt , Israel , Saudi Arabia , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : nr. Al-Mekhwa City (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Jazan : Jazan : Abu-Arish (Abu-Arish Gov.), nr. Jazan City ( Jazan Gov.). Riyadh : Rawdhat Khorim (Rimah Gov.) ( Riyadh Gov.). Dates of collection: Throughout the year. Spongostylum niphoides Greathead, 1980 Spongostylum niphoides Greathead, 1980b: 321 . Type locality: Saudi Arabia . Distribution: PA: Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Haiel: Haiel City, Mugheida (Haiel Gov.). North Borders: Lina (Rafha' Gov.). Dates of collection: April and May. Spogostylum ocyale ( Wiedemann, 1828 ) Anthrax ocyale Wiedemann, 1828 : 285 . Type locality: Egypt or Sudan [as “Nubien”]. Anthrax umbra Walker, 1849 : 245 . Spogostylum arugotense Zaitzev, 1997 : 909 [653]. Distribution: AF: Oman , Somalia , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Sudan , United Arab Emirates , Yemen . PA: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Libya , Palestine ( West Bank ), Saudi Arabia . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Al-Mekhwa City, (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Asir : nr. Abha. Makkah : Jeddah (Jeddah Gov.), Taief escarpment (Taief Gov.). Riyadh : Al-Kharj City (Al-Kharj Gov.). Dates of collection: April to November. Spogostylum sordidum Sack, 1909 Spongostylum sordidum Sack, 1909 : 514 . Type locality: Iran . Spongostylum antiopa Bezzi, 1925 : 221 . Distribution: AF: Oman , Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. PA: Afghanistan , Egypt , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . Saudi Arabian localities: Asir : Muhaiel City (Muhaiel Gov.). Makkah : Khulais City (Khulais Gov.). Dates of collection: April and December. Spogostylum tripunctatum (Wiedemann, 1820) Anthrax tripunctata Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820 : 166 . Type locality: Russia . Anthrax difficilis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820 : 167 . Spogostylum mystaceum Macquart, 1840 : 53 . Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. PA: Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Egypt , France , Greece (incl. Ithaca), Gruzia , Israel , Italy , Kyrgyz Republic , Libya , Macedonia , Malta , Moldova , Morocco , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Spain , Switzerland , Syria , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan . Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha : Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Dates of collection: June and September.