An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Ahmad, Syed K. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. Author Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-17 4711 3 401 445 journal article 24562 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1 9f235b62-9469-46ae-9fc0-9a39bd53b690 1175-5326 3586476 EF990EE4-6D69-41DE-A7ED-6C3B5141B106 Atissa pygmaea ( Haliday, 1833 ) ( Fig. 7 ) Ephydra pygmaea Haliday, 1833: 174 . Hydrellia (Atissa) pygmaea : Haliday 1839: 404 [generic combination]. Atissa pygmaea : Haliday in Walker 1856: 345 [generic combination]; Mathis et al . 2017: 671 [ United Arab Emirates ]. Specimens examined. 3 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Asir , Abha , Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), 3–24. viii. 2013 , Malaise trap . H.A. Dawah ( CERS ; NMWC ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . It was described from North Ireland ( United Kingdom ) and is further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Kenya , Senegal , Sierra Leone , United Arab Emirates ; and the Palaearctic Region: Algeria , Azores, Canary Islands, Europe (widespread), Japan (Honshu), Morocco , Syria and Tunisia .