Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842

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Syritta flavivenris Macquart, 1842: 135

Examined specimens. 1♀, Jazan, Abu-Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village, 3–10.x.2012, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 2♀, Asir, Abha, Wadi Abha, 28.iv.2011, sweeping, M. Sharaf and H. (KSMA) ; 5♀, Al-Riyadh, Al Aziziyah, 3.xi.1983, sweeping, A. Talhouk & S. Tilkian (KSMA) ; ♀ 1, Al-Qatif, a farm, 22 Km west of Dammam International Air Port, 10.vi.1981, sweeping, A. Talhouk & S.Tilkian (KSMA) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Abu-Zoherah et al. (1993) and also recorded from Yemen (Smit et al. 2017). It was described from Senegal and also known from the following areas; Palaearctic Region: (it is restricted to the Mediterranean subregion and Middle East, eastwards to Ahvaz in the south-western Iran (Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005), Algeria, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greek Islands, Italy Jordan, Lebanon, (Sicily), Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey; Afrotropical Region: (Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, St. Helena, Yemen); it has supposedly been introduced to Pacific Ocean (Easter Island); Nearctic Region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Neotropical Region: USA (Texas) (Smith & Vockeroth 1980; Peck 1988; Dirickx 1998; Whittington 2003; Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005; Khosravian et al. 2015; Smit et al. 2017; Speight 2020).

Remarks. This species is a member of the flaviventris species-group (Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005). Syritta flaviventris flies low among sparse vegetation beside water (or over dried pools) settling on stones or dried mud (Speight 2020).