An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia Author Dawah, Hassan A. Author Abdullah, Mohammed A. 0000-0002-3323-3623 mohd_robiya@hotmail.com Author Ahmad, Syed Kamran 0000-0002-6211-2345 entosaif@rediffmail.com Author Al-Dhafer, Hathal 0000-0002-4911-2332 hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa Author Turner, James 0000-0003-2411-7396 urner@museumwales.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-25 4855 1 1 69 journal article 8491 10.11646/zootaxa.4855.1.1 1ad9a0ab-ccd4-4047-9a29-f2dd287dc3e3 1175-5326 4411181 28A15E99-7A79-40CA-A0C6-1DC501B69E46 Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926 ( Figs 25–27 ) Eumerus cistanchei Efflatoun, 1926: 297 Examined specimens. 1♂ , Asir , Maraba , Al-Hudaity Fruit Farm , 22.iv. 2013 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , same locality but 15.x–30.xi.2004 ( CERS ) ; 1♀ , Jazan , Abu-Aresh , Al-Mahdag Village , 22.iv.2012 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) ; 1♂ , 1♀ , Jazan , Farasan Island , Aziz Yousef Village , 2–15.iii.2014 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ; NMWC ) ; 1♂ , Najran , Al-Shurfa , Saleh Maqbol Farm , 14–28.v.2014 , Malaise trap , H.A. Dawah ( CERS ) . Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia . E. cistanchei was described from Egypt and is further recorded from Israel and United Arab Emirates ( Peck 1988 ; Smit et al . 2017 ). Remarks. This species was reared from the stems of Cistanche phelypae (L.) Cout. ( Orobanchaceae ), which is an obligate parasitic plant used locally as food ( Dirickx 1994 ). E. cistanchei could be associated with C. phelypae ( Table 2 ) which is recorded from Jazan , Farasan Island by Rahman et al . (2002) and from Jazan mainland by Masrahi (2012) but this needs confirmation as there is no record of E. cistanchei being reared from C. phelypae in Saudi Arabia .