Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Fig. 30)

Coenosia humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441; Pont, 1986; Skidmore 1985, non Hennig,1964 nec auctt., syn. A. ferruginea van Emden, 1940 .

Specimens examined. 2m, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 6–27.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 2f, same data but 3.iii.–3.vi.2001; 1m, Asir, Keratha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm, 1–20.xi.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 1f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 1m, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 1–30.v.2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) ; 1m, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 1–29.iv.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2013; 2016; 2017). It was described from Sudan. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Pont 1980; 1991; Deeming 2008).

Biological remarks. Reared from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in Kenya.