The genus Haplidia Hope in Lebanon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini) Author Montreuil, Olivier Author Uliana, Marco Author Sehnal, Richard text Zootaxa 2020 2020-01-08 4718 4 536 548 journal article 24407 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.4.7 73528878-8635-489f-b332-6f17b747c0cb 1175-5326 3602746 B51E0-E6CB-4E6D-BC49-963066E70506 Haplidia petrovitzi Baraud, 1988 Figs. 2C, F, I Haplidia petrovitzi Baraud, 1988: 572 ; Keith & Lo Cascio, 2005: 141 (catalogue). Aplidia petrovitzi : Chikatunov & Pavlíček, 1997: 54 (catalogue). Material Examined . LEBANON : 1 male , Kesrouane, Achkout, 23.VI.2004 , O. Montreuil leg. ( COM ) . SYRIA : 1 male , Kessab, 03.VII.1976 , C. Blumenthal ( CGS ) . Distribution . This species was described from Israel ( Haifa ). Its presence in Syria was reported by Bezděk (2016) and is here confirmed. We record it here also for Lebanon ( first country record , Fig. 4 ). Remarks. The three species H. joannis , H. indaryi and H. petrovitzi present similar parameres and their identification based on currently available literature may result tricky. They can be separated by the characters in the table 1.