The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species
Author
Poloni, Riccardo
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-08
5162
4
421
429
journal article
93674
10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
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1175-5326
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Alloxantha flava
(
Švihla, 1983
)
New records.
Oman
:
Westl. Hajar-Gebirge Jabal Misht-Region
ca.
15km
NNO Amlah Umg. Al Ayn
ca.
900m
29.–
30.3.2006
leg.
De Freina
2 ♀♀
;
10km
W
Shinas
24°44’N
56°23’E
50m
15–16.III.2017
St.
Jakl leg.,
3 spec.
(
RP
);
Wadi Al Fath
25°45’N
56°09’E
450m
19–20.III.2017
St.
Jakl legit,
14 spec.
(
RP
);
Musandam
penins
Wadi Bih
,
Salayah
vill.
25°46’N
56°17’E
500m
17–18.III.2017
St.
Jakl legit,
2 spec.
(
RP
);
Al Batinah North
Gov.
, near
Ar Rajmi
, wadi
,
345m
, 23.–24.III
24°38’6’’N
56°17’55’’E
David Frank
leg., 2019,
4 spec.
(
RP
),
Ad Dakhiliyah
Gov.
,
29km
NE Adam
,
Wadi Halfeen
,
310m
22°35’31’’N
57°42’5’’E
27–28.III.2019
leg.
David Frank
,
1 specimen
(
RP
);
NC,
NW of
Ibri
S of
Dank
23.404N
56.285E
9.III.2015
M.
Snizek
,
2 spec.
(
NME
);
10 km
SE Súr
22.476N
59.539E
14.III.2015
M. Snizek
,
14 spec.
(
NME
);
Al Batinah North
Gov.
, near
Ar Rajmi
24°38’2.416’’N
56°17’54.299’’E
, wadi,
374m
,
Lgt. T. Kopecký
2–
3.4.2018
,
33 spec.
(
TK
);
same locality,
31.3.2019
,
2 spec.
(
TK
); same locality,
31.3.2019
, lgt.
Jan Pelikán
,
4 spec.
(
JP
),
2 spec.
(
RP
); 24–
25.3.2019
,
Al Batinah North
Gov.
,
Sohar
, cca
14 km
SW,
24°12’18.172’’N
56°38’43.868’’E
, wadi
,
116m
,
Lgt. T. Kopecký
,
1 specimen
(
TK
); 29–
30.3.2019
,
Al Batinah South
Gov.
,
Bimah
env.,
23°12’37.197’’N
57°23’0.978’’E
, wadi,
864m
,
Lgt. T. Kopecký
,
4 spec.
(
TK
),
1 specimen
(
RP
); 28–
29.3.2019
,
Ad Dakhiliyah
Gov.
,
Near Subayb
,
23°14’7.966’’N
57°8’57.977’’E
, wadi,
1442m
Lgt.
T. Kopecký
,
2 spec.
(
TK
),
1 specimen
(
RP
);
26–
27.3.2019
,
Al
Dhahirah Governorate
,
Damm
,
Wadi Damm
23°13’47.154’’N
57°4’8.904’’E
, wadi
,
736m
,
Lgt. T. Kopecký
,
28 spec.
(
TK
);
same locality, lgt.
Jan Pelikán
,
59 spec.
(
JP
),
26 spec.
(
RP
);
Ad Dakhiliyah
Gov.
, W of
Birkat
,
Al Hawz
29.3.2018
, lgt.
Jan Pelikán
, 541
22°55’25.570’’N
57°38’9.573’’E
wadi
541m
, at UV light,
9 spec.
(
JP
),
4 spec.
(
RP
);
Ash Sharqiyah
S.
Gov.
,
25.3.2018
,
S of Shiya
(near
Sur
), lgt.
Jan Pelikán
,
22°30’6.076’’N
59°36’11.059’’E
wadi, at UV light,
1 specimen
(
RP
)
;
Muscat
Botanic Garden A. Carapezza
leg. at light
10.III.2015
23°33’35’’N
58°07’35’’E
,
3 specimens
(
MB
)
.
Distribution and published records.
The species was described by
Švihla (1983)
for Southern
Iran
and
Oman
(
Musandam
, Wadi Salalla,
28.iii.1979
, B. Larsen lgt.) and then reported also for
United Arab Emirates
and
Iraq
(
Švihla, 2008
;
Kubisz, 2020
).
Notes.
The specimens of this species can have two dark spots at the elytral apex and the frequency of individuals with this characteristic varies within the range of the species. In southern
Iran
the species is mostly without dark spots, while in the Arabian Peninsula there is a higher frequency of these spots. However, since individuals with or without the spots occur throughout the range and the extension of the spots is extremely variable in both areas, this morphological variation has to be considered as intraspecific variability or as a geographical cline.
Individuals of this species are attracted to light. Examples of the habitat of this species can be seen in
Fig. 4b and 4d
.