Paralimna (Phaiosterna) bicolor (Macquart, 1851)

Ephydra bicolor Macquart, 1851: 303

Paralimna bicolor: Wirth 1975: 40–41 [generic combination]; Mathis et al. 2017: 685–686 [Oman, United Arab Emiates].

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) lineata in part of authors, not de Meijere [misidentification].

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) vidua Giordani Soika 1956b: 124: Cogan 1968: 325 [synonymy with P. aequalis Cresson]; 1980: 663 [synonymy with P. lineata de Meijere]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 69–72 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. Numerous ♂, ♀, Jazan, Water Treatment, 10. xi. 2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 19. xi. 2015 (CERS); 1 ♂, Jazan, Harob, Wadi Lajeb, 30. xii. 2015 (CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Egypt and is further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Aldabra, Burundi, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and United Arab Emirates; Australasian Region: Papua New Guinea; Palaearctic Region: Egypt and Jordan.

Remark. Until recently both Paralimna bicolor and P. lineata have been reported under the name P. aequalis Cresson, 1929 .