The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist
Author
Bologna, Marco A.
Author
Turco, Federica
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-10-29
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1625.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1625.1.1
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Diaphorocera hemprichi saudita
Kaszab, 1983
Distribution.
This polytypic Saharo-Arabian species is distributed from
Morocco
to
Egypt
,
Israel
and northern
Saudi Arabia
. The
ssp.
saudita
is recorded only from eastern
Saudi Arabia
,
Oman
and southern
Iran
(
Turco & Bologna 2007
). Cited from
U.A.E.
by
Gillet & Howarth (2004)
and
Gillet & Gillet (2005)
.
New records.
U.A.E.
Ras Al Khaimah Emirate
, EA1, road E11 crossroad to the International Airport,
25,66708° N
55,76770° E
,
5–10 m
a.s.l.,
11.iii.2005
M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 5 exx., on
Senecio glaucus coronopifolius
(CB)
.
Ras Al Khaimah Emirate
, EA2, 23 Km S International Airport on road E18 (Habab-
Manama
),
25,43997° N
55,98395° E
,
120 m
a.s.l.,
11.iii.2005
M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 2 exx., on
Zygophyllum mandavillei
(CB)
.
Abu Dhabi Emirate
, EA4, Al Bateen dunes, 4 Km W Al Aïn on the road to Abu Dhabi,
24,20491° N
55,61263° E
,
195 m
a.s.l.,
15.iii.2005
M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 3 exx., on
Tribulus omanense
(CB)
.
Idem
,
18.iii.2000
, M. Gillet coll. 2 exx. (CB).
Abu Dhabi Emirate
, EA5, Al Jahar-Al Saad on road Al Aïn-Abu Dhabi,
24,21940° N
55,52091° E
,
180 m
a.s.l.,
12.iii.2005
M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 2 exx., on
Zygophyllum mandavillei
(CB)
.
Idem
,
13.iii.2005
,
1 ex.
(CB).
Abu Dhabi Emirate
, EA10, Al Aïn, 3– 4 Km E Al Selimat on road Al Aïn-Abu Dhabi,
24,19263° N
55,58861° E
,
220 m
a.s.l.,
13.iii.2005
M. Bologna & F. Turco coll.
1 ex.
, on
Eremobium aegyptiacum
(CB)
.
Idem,
15.iii.2005
, 4 exx. on
Tribulus omanense
(CB)
.
Remarks.
The genus, recently revised by
Turco & Bologna (2007)
, includes eight species distributed in the Saharan and Arabic deserts.
Schneider (1991)
considered doubtful the
ssp.
saudita
, which is actually distinct only by its deeper punctation on the head and pronotum. We temporarily retained the validity of the subspecies.