IDed as Ischiodon aegyptiacus (or scutellaris) by Dr. Martin Hauser, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch,Sacramento, CA, USA

'There are only two species [in this genus] worldwide aegyptiacus and scutellaris, and the UAE is the only place where both species are found together!..scutellaris is found from Turkey, Iran to Japan and The Pacific to Australia, while aegyptiacus ins found from Spain , North Africa all over Africa and Madagascar.'' MH