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 Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933 ( Fig 19 ) Epimadiza nigrescens Duda, 1933: 112 . Specimens examined. 1♀ , Asir , Abha , Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.-25.v.2002 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ , Jazan , Abu Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 4.iii.2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006) and Deeming & Al-Dhafer (2012) . It was described from Palestine and is further recorded from Botswana , Cape Verde Islands, Ivory Coast , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sudan and Morocco ( Sabrosky 1980 ). Some specimens in the NMWC were collected in Yemen and Oman . Biology. This species was reared from decaying lettuce, millets heads, and sorghum stems in Nigeria .