Atissa pygmaea (Haliday, 1833)

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Ephydra pygmaea Haliday, 1833: 174 . Hydrellia (Atissa) pygmaea: Haliday 1839: 404 [generic combination].

Atissa pygmaea: Haliday in Walker 1856: 345 [generic combination]; Mathis et al. 2017: 671 [United Arab Emirates].

Specimens examined. 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre), 3–24. viii. 2013, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah (CERS; NMWC) .

Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from North Ireland (United Kingdom) and is further recorded from the Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates; and the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Europe (widespread), Japan (Honshu), Morocco, Syria and Tunisia.