A conspectus of the silver-flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) of the Middle East with descriptions of new species of Chamaemyia Meigen and Melanochthiphila Frey, from the Arabian Peninsula Author Ebejer, M. J. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-09-13 4319 3 461 482 journal article 32116 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.3 26503368-66b4-4f4b-9021-03ab2d315782 1175-5326 890345 4F8Ba876-F09D-4168-B66B-Fa211459686B Leucopis formosana Hennig, 1938 Egypt : 1♂ , Fayoum , L. Karun , 2–23.ix.1945 , R.L. Coe (BM 1946-39) ( BMNH ) ; 1♂ , Al-Aiat , ix–x.2003 , S.A. El- Serwy ( NMWC ) ; 1♂ 1♀ , Sinai , Ras Mamlach , 11–15 iv.1980 , B.R. Pitkin ( BMNH ) ; Oman: 1♂, Muscat , Bowsher dunes, 8.ii.1990 , M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC ) ; Saudi Arabia : 1♂ 1♀ , Khyber Al-Janoub, Hay Al-Salam, 1–15.i.2011 , M. Al-Shehrany ( NMWC ) . Tanasijtshuk (1999) gave a comprehensive account of the distribution and prey of this widespread and polyphagous species. Distribution. throughout the Palaearctic, parts of the African, Oriental and Australasian Regions including islands in the Indian Ocean.