Atherigona (Atherigona) conigera van Emden, 1940 (Fig. 28)

Atherigona (Atherigona) conigera van Emden, 1940: 118 .

Specimens examined. 2m, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen, 19.vi.–9.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (CERS) ; 2m, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 6–27.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel, 1–19.ii.2014, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (NMWC; CERS) ; 3m, 2f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H . A . Dawah (NMWC) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2017). It was described from Kenya, Uganda and Yemen. No other material is known from the Arabian Peninsula (Pont 1991).

Biological remarks. Reared from Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst in Kenya and Pennisetum purpureum Schumach in Ethiopia.