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
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Onthophagus bicolor
Raffray, 1877
[
Fig. 19
]
Literature quotes
.
YEMEN
:
Aden governorate
,
Aden
. El-Hadj [locality not found] (d’Orbigny 1913a). Without locality (Scott
in
Paulian 1948
)
.
Material examined
.
YEMEN
: “
El-Hady
” [without further data, locality not found],
C. Martin
leg. 2 exx. (
NHMUK
)
;
Arabia
/
Yemen
[without further data],
J. G. Millingen
leg. 6 exx. (
NHMUK
)
.
OMAN
:
Dhofar Governorate
,
Ain Razat
,
110 m
(1707′75N 5414′24E),
21.ix.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 1 ex (
MSNC
)
;
Al Mughsayl
, env.,
42 m
(1653′74N 5347′90E),
28.viii.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 3 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
(1653′02N 5347′90E),
5.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg.
1 ex.
(
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
8.IX.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 5 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
11.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 24 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
40 m
(1653′83N 5346′31E),
6.ix.2002
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 6 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
9.ix.2002
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 3 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
12.ix.2002
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 3 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
Khor Rori
, env.,
36 m
(1702′27N 5426′16E),
24.viii.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 7 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
Rakhyut
, env. (1645′00N 5324′67E),
12.ix.2002
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 7 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
road
Salalah-Darbat
,
23 m
(1703′14N 5425′58E),
9.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 5 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
road 41,
Al Mughsayl
, env.
30 m
(1653′71N 5349′01E),
23.ix.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg
1 ex.
(
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
5.x.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg.
1 ex.
(
MSNC
)
;
road 41, between
Raysut
and
Adwnab
,
90 m
(1657′72N 5352′73E),
23.ix.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 6 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
road 47,
Adwnab
, env.,
113 m
(1655′34N 5350′56E),
5.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 18 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
road 47,
ante
Al Mughsayl
,
60 m
(1654′11N 5349′20E),
11.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 52 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
11.ix.2000
,
D. Gianasso
leg. 15 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
Wadi Ashawq
,
40 m
(1653′83″N 5346′31″E),
23.ix.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 3 exx. (
SZCM
)
;
Wadi Ashawq
,
57 m
(1653′88N 5346′31E),
5.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 5 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
11.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 54 exx. (
MSNC
)
;
ibidem
,
40 m
(1653′83N 5346′31E),
23.ix.2001
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 66 exx. (
MSNC
,
SZCM
)
;
Wadi Darbat
(1704′50N 5425′88E),
9.ix.2000
,
M. Dellacasa
leg. 2 exx. (
MSNC
)
.
Distribution
.
Arabian Peninsula
:
Yemen
(d’Orbigny 1913a).
Africa
:
Eritrea
,
South Africa
,
Tanzania
(d’Orbigny 1900),
Somalia
(d’Orbigny 1913a),
Ethiopia
,
Nigeria
,
Sudan
(
Arrow 1931
),
Asia
:
Pakistan
(
Ziani & Bezděk 2016
).
Remarks
. First record for
Oman
. All the literature records for
Saudi
Arabia
(
Arrow 1931
; Scott
in
Paulian 1948
; Baltahsar 1963;
Zunino 1975
,
1981
) are without precise locality, and could be due to a wrong reading of d’Orbigny (1913a) who reported: “
Arabia
:
Yemen
,
Aden
”. Therefore, we herein choose to exclude this species from the fauna of the
Saudi
Arabia
, until proven otherwise.