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 31d6e081-95c3-4086-a45a-c11555dda3aa 1175-5326 3373040 ADCBCCA2-63C1-42CD-A3C9-C14F954F4A21 Onthophagus ( Furconthophagus ) frontalis Raffray, 1877 [ Fig. 9 ] Literature quotes . None. Material examined . YEMEN : Sana’a Governorate , Wadi Dhahr , 2240 m (1526′43″N 4467′34″E), 15/ 17.xi.2003 , D. Král leg. 1 ex. ( NMPC ) . Distribution . Africa : Eritrea , Djibouti (d’Orbigny 1913). Somalia ( Carpaneto & Piattella 1990 ). Remarks . First record for the Arabian Peninsula, notably Yemen . The sole specimen examined, a male, has an apical reddish yellow spot on 3 rd /4 th elytral interstria. D’Orbigny (1904) writes: “Dans mon Synopsis des Onthophagides paléarctiques et dans le Supplément (in L’Abeille, XXIX, p. 158 et 294), j’ai confondu cette espèce [ Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877 ] avec parvulus Fabr. qui lui ressemble beaucoup et est décrit de l’Inde. Les exemplaires provenant du Sind: Kurrachee (Maindron) sont bien des parvulus, mais ceux que j’ai signalés d’Obock (Maindron, coll. Muséum de Paris), et de Djibouti (H. Coutière, id.), sont des frontalis . Le parvulus est donc rayer de la liste des espèces africaines” [In my “Synopsis des Onthophagides paléarctiques and in the “Supplementum (in L’Abeille,XXIX, p. 158 et 294), I confounded this species [ Onthophagus frontalis Raffray, 1877 ] with parvulus Fabr. which is very similar to it and is described from India . Specimens from Sind : Kurrachee (Maindron) [ Pakistan ] are indeed parvulus , whereas the ones I have recorded from Obock (Maindron, Paris Museum collection) and Djibouti (H. Coutiér, id.) are frontalis . O. parvulus is therefore to be removed from the list of the African species]. After having examined the aedeagus and the internal sac, specifically the lamella copulatrix, of O. frontalis and compared them with those of O. furcatus , the type species of Furconthophagus , we believe that the species should be placed in this subgenus.