Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898 (Fig. 3)

Musca biseta Hough, 1898: 173 .

Specimens examined. 1m, 1f, Jazan, Abu Aresh, Al-Mahdag Village, 25.i–16.ii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS) ; 2f, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC; CERS) .

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Pont (1991); Dawah & Abdullah (2009); El-Hawagry et al. (2017; 2018). It was described from Somalia. In the Middle East it has been recorded from Iran, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Pont 1991; Deeming 2008; Dawah & Abdullah 2009; Moradil et al. 2013).

Biological remarks. The biology of this species is very similar to that of M. sorbens . Vlassor & Stackelberg, quoted in Hennig (1964) recorded large numbers of larvae from a dead tortoise ( Testudo horsfieldi Gray) (Dawah & Abdullah 2009). It is a persistent sweat-fly and eye-fly (Skidmore 1985).