An overview of the Onthophagini from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)
Author
Ziani, Stefano
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh
Author
Aldhafer, Hathal Mohammed
Author
Barbero, Enrico
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-21
4658
1
1
36
journal article
25961
10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.1
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Phalops chalybeus
(
Klug, 1845
)
Literature quotes
.
SAUDI ARABIA
:
Arabia deserta
(
Klug 1845
)
.
Material examined
. None.
Distribution
.
Arabian Peninsula
:
Saudi
Arabia
(
Klug 1845
).
Remarks
. Described as
Onthophagus
by
Klug (1845)
, and later placed in the subgenus
Phalops
by d’Orbigny (1898).
Phalops
was upgraded to a generic rank by
Lansberge (1883)
.
Phalops chalybeus
is known only from the female
holotype
.