Clanoneurum cimiciforme (Haliday, 1855)

Discomyza cimiciforme Haliday, 1855: 124 .

Clanoneurum cimiciforme: Becker 1903: 165 [generic combination]; 1926: 24 [synonymy]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 390 [Saudi Arabia].

Clanoneurum infumatum Becker 1903: 165; Cresson 1925: 243 [synonymy].

Heringium ephydrininum Enderlein 1934: 193; Cresson 1936: 269 [synonymy].

Discomyzoides longicornis Becker 1926: 23; Cresson 1936: 269 [synonymy].

Clanoneurum longicornis: Hendel 1933: 50 [generic combination].

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Maraba, 1–31. v. 2004, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (NMWC) .

Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Maraba: 60 km S of Abha (Dawah & Abdullah 2006) .

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006). The species was described from Britain and has also been recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Europe, Morocco and Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. There are some specimens of C. cimiciforme in NMWC collected from Cyprus, France, Malta, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey and Afrotropical Region: Oman and Yemen.

Biology. Some species of Clanoneurum are leaf-miners and are pests of sugar beet. The larvae of C. cimiciforme mine the leaves of Chenopodiaceae and have been recorded from Suaeda Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel, Salicornia Linnaeus, Atriplex Linnaeus, Beta Linnaeus and Halimione Aellen (Ferrar 1987) .