Paralimna (Phaiosterna) bicolor ( Macquart, 1851 ), 1975

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 401-445 : 414-415

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) bicolor ( Macquart, 1851)

Ephydra bicolor Macquart, 1851: 303

Paralimna bicolor: Wirth 1975: 40–41 [generic combination]; Mathis et al. 2017: 685–686 [ Oman, United Arab Emiates].

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) lineata in part of authors, not de Meijere [misidentification].

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) vidua Giordani Soika 1956b: 124 : Cogan 1968: 325 [synonymy with P. aequalis Cresson ]; 1980: 663 [synonymy with P. lineata de Meijere ]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 69–72 [synonymy].

Specimens examined. Numerous ♂, ♀, Jazan, Water Treatment , 10. xi. 2015, sweeping, H.A. Dawah ( CERS) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 19. xi. 2015 ( CERS) ; 1 ♂, Jazan, Harob, Wadi Lajeb , 30. xii. 2015 ( CERS) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Egypt and is further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Aldabra, Burundi, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and United Arab Emirates; Australasian Region: Papua New Guinea; Palaearctic Region: Egypt and Jordan.

Remark. Until recently both Paralimna bicolor and P. lineata have been reported under the name P. aequalis Cresson, 1929 .