Genus ANTONIA Loew

Antonia Loew, 1856: 30 . Type species: Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856, by monotypy.

Remarks: Adults were captured in close association with mud nests of wasps (Hesse 1956).

Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856

Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856: 30 . Type locality: Egypt.

Dimorphophora syrphoides Walker, 1871: 272 .

Distribution: AF: Djibouti, Egypt [as ”Gebel Elba”], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. PA: Algeria, Egypt, Italy (Sicily), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Haiel: Al-Haleifa, Jabel Aja’ (Haiel Gov.), Tabuk: Tabuk City (Tabuk Gov.).

Dates of collection: March and April.