The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species
Author
Poloni, Riccardo
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-08
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4
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
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Alloxantha talhouki
Švihla, 1984
New records.
Oman
: SE
Muscat
Wadi Maih
200m
23°27’N
/
58°35’E
11–12.IV.1985
C. Holzschuh
3 ♀
4 ♂
(
NMPC
)
;
Ad Dakhiliyah
Gov.
,
29km
NE Adam
,
Wadi Halfeen
,
310m
22°35’31’’N
57°42’5’’E
27–28.III.2019
leg.
David Frank
,
12 spec.
(
RP
)
;
Ad Dakhiliyah
Gov.
,
29km
NE Adam
,
Wadi Alfeen
, 22°35’30.846’’N 57°42’6861’’E, wadidesert,
338m
, 27–
28.3.2019
,
23 spec.
(
TK
)
,
4 spec.
(
RP
)
;
same locality, lgt.
Jan Pelikán
,
2 spec.
(
JP
)
;
Al Batinah North
Gov.
,
Farfarah
(near
Shinas
)
24°42’45.697’’N
56°28’37.627’’E
mangrove, saline,
1m
,
Lgt. T. Kopecký
2.4.2018
,
1 specimen
(
TK
)
,
1 specimen
(
RP
)
;
Ash Sharqiyah
S.
Gov.
,
25km
S Balad Bani Bu Ali
, 26.–
27.3.2018
lgt.
Jan Pelikán
21°45’55.062’’N
59°19’9.292’’E
,
Wahiba
sands, sandy dunes, at UV light,
2 spec.
(
JP
)
.
Distribution and published records.
The species was described by
Švihla (1984)
for
Saudi Arabia
and Southern
Iran
and then reported also for
United Arab Emirates
and
Oman
(SE
Muscat
, Wdi Maysh,
200 m
,
23 27N
/
58 35E
,
11.–12.iv.1985
, C. Holzschuh lgt.) (
Švihla, 2008
;
Kubisz, 2020
).
Notes.
Individuals of this species are attracted to light. An example of the habitat of this species can be seen in
Fig. 4a
.