An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Deeming, John C. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-15 4791 1 1 71 journal article 21678 10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 f530d842-6e03-4335-941c-f14930921041 1175-5326 3895893 96163E4E-BE84-4CF0-BD34-7E8BF815114D Thaumatomyia sulcifrons Becker, 1907 ( Fig 69 ) Thaumatomyia sulcifrons Becker, 1907: 394 . Specimens examined. 1♀ , Asir , Al-Souda , Al-Muqtha Dam , 14.iii.2013 , sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 2♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub , 3.iii.–3.vi.2001 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; 2♀ , same data but 3.iv.2002 ( CERS ) ; 6♂ , (5 of these having the abdominal vescicles expanded: Fig 70 ). Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.– 25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) . FIGURE 69. Thaumatomyia sulcifrons ( Becker, 1907 ) . Male. Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) . It was described from the Canary Islands, South Russia , Central Asia and Algeria . It is widespread in the warmer parts of the Palaearctic: Bulgaria , Hungary , Kazakhstan , southern France , southern east Siberia, southern Europe, Middle Asia, Spain , Transcaucasus, Russia , Turkey , Yugoslavia : Asia; Afghanistan , Algeria , China , Iran , Mongolia , Palestine : North Africa; Canary Islands, Morocco and Tunisia ( Nartshuk 1984 ; 2012 ). Remarks. The larvae are carnivorous, live in the ground near roots of plants and feed on root aphids ( Nartshuk 2012 ).