Genus Eremomidas Semenov, 1896

The genus Eremomidas comprises five species primarily known from central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan), with a single species in the Afrotropical region (Yemen). This Afrotropical species is here recorded from Oman and the UAE for the first time.

Specimens studied: Ad-Dhaid, village Rasheed, 25 ° 17 ' N 55 ° 53 ' E, 1 ♀, 23. ix. 2007, leg. J. Batelka & H. Pinda (NMWC); Khor Yfrah, 25 ° 31 ' N 55 ° 35 ' E, 1 ♀, 15. ix. 2006, leg. B. Howarth (ENHG) . Wadi Bih, 1 ♀, 24. ix. 1979, leg. J. Brown (BMNH) . OMAN: Al-Wusta, between QarnAlam and Haima, 20 ° 45 ' N 57 ° 05 ' E, 1 ♂, 19. ix. 1979, leg. R. Whitcombe (BMNH) . Ash-Sharqiyah, Wahiba Sands, SE Wasil, 22 ° 26 ' N 58 ° 45 ' E, 1 ♂, 25. x. 1990, leg. M. Gallagher & J. Deeming (NMWC) .