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<mods:namePart>Hava, Jiri</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Aldhafer, Hathal M.</mods:namePart>
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Thorictus riyadhensis
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&amp; Abdel-Dayem
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Material examined.</paragraph>
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.
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<collectingCountry name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ar Riyad">Riyadh Province</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B92425C49A4E53A5900B9BBE4F397B67:D8FEB6CEE537F04DB430DE5A0B0506CB" country="Saudi Arabia" latitude="24.86682" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="46.45959" name="Wadi Hanifah" stateProvince="Riyadh Province">Wadi Hanifah</location>
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,
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; alt.
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.94942" unit="m" value="694.942">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.94942" unit="m" value="694.942">694.942 m</elevation>
</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2015-04-29">29 Apr. 2015</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Abdel-Dayem M</collectorName>
et al. leg.;
<collectingMethod>pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
; KSMA
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3069288303" collectingDate="2011-12-10" collectingDateMax="2016-01-31" collectingDateMin="2011-12-10" collectingMethod="pitfall trap" collectorName="Abdel-Dayem M" country="Saudi Arabia" elevation="670" latitude="25.432383" location="Rawdat Al Sabalh" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="47.23105" municipality="Az Zulfi" specimenCount="6" stateProvince="Riyadh Province" typeStatus="Paratypes">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
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<collectingCountry name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ar Riyad">Riyadh Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Az Zulfi</collectingMunicipality>
,
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;
<collectingDate value="2016-01-31">31 Jan. 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Abdel-Dayem M</collectorName>
et al. leg.;
<collectingMethod>pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
; KSMA •
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ar Riyad">Riyadh Province</collectingRegion>
, Rhodet Khorim;
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,
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; alt.
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.72" unit="m" value="572.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.72" unit="m" value="572.0">572 m</elevation>
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;
<collectingDate value="2012-04-28">28 Apr. 2012</collectingDate>
;
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,
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; KSMA •
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
; same collection data as preceding;
<collectingDate value="2012-06-09">9 Jun. 2012</collectingDate>
;
<collectingMethod>pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia gerrardii" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gerrardii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Acacia gerrardii</emphasis>
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; KSMA •
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
; same collection data as preceding;
<collectingDate value="2012-05-26">26 May 2012</collectingDate>
;
<collectingMethod>pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia gerrardii" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gerrardii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Acacia gerrardii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; JHAC •
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
; same collection data as preceding;
<collectingDate value="2012-05-26">26 May 2012</collectingDate>
; PT,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lycium shawii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; KSMA •
<specimenCount type="generic">1 ex</specimenCount>
; same collection data as preceding;
<collectingDate value="2011-12-10">10 Dec. 2011</collectingDate>
;
<collectingMethod>pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
; KSMA
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Body small, brown covered by long, yellow setae on dorsal surfaces and short setae on ventral surfaces. Measurements (mm): TL 2.9, PW 1.9, EW 1.9. Head finely punctate with long yellow setae. Labial palpi entirely brown. Antennae brown, with 11 antennomeres; antennal club compact, with three antennomeres. Pronotum as finely punctate as head and covered by long yellow setation. Lateral margin of pronotum not dentate. Pronotum in posterior part near scutellum without bumps. Ventral posterior pronotal angles with long yellow setation. Scutellum not visible from above. Elytra very finely punctate covered by long yellow setation. Each elytron in anterior part near humeri with one large bump. Epipleuron finely punctate, anterior angles with long yellow setation. Prosternum finely punctate. Mesosternum finely punctate, mesosternal bulge. Metasternum finely punctate. Visible abdominal ventrites very finely punctate and covered by long yellow setae. First abdominal ventrite without anterior, longitudinal striation. Legs brown, covered by yellow setae.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Habitus dorsal aspect of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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&amp; Abdel-Dayem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">a</emphasis>
specimen from Wadi Hanifah
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">b</emphasis>
specimen from Rhodet Khorim.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Variability.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Body measurements (mm): TL 2.5-2.9, PW 1.5-1.9, EW 1.5-1.9.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
The new species belong to the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus castaneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, from Saudi Arabia. There is currently only one known species,
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</taxonomicName>
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, 2010 but the new species differs from it in the abovementioned characteristics.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
&amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">a</emphasis>
head lateral eye
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">b</emphasis>
ventral setation on pronotum and metepisternum;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
, 2010
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">c</emphasis>
head lateral eye
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">d</emphasis>
ventral setation on pronotum and metepisternum.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Named according to type locality: Riyadh Province.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
The species was erroneously published by
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as
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Wasmann, 1894.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus foreli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a North African species, occurring in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
2015a
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), so it is excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Ecological notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
The holotype was found in Wadi Hanifah at an area with loam soil covered by
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Carthamus oxyacantha</emphasis>
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M. Bieb. (
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) and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Zilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zilla spinosa" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Zilla spinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Prantl (
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Brassicaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Brassicaceae</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
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). The ant species
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</taxonomicName>
(Fabricius 1804),
<taxonomicName authorityName="Collingwood &amp; Agosti" authorityYear="1996" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis holgerseni" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="holgerseni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis holgerseni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Collingwood &amp; Agosti, 1996),
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Andre" baseAuthorityYear="1881" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis lividus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis lividus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="André">Andre</normalizedToken>
, 1881),
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lepisiota simplex" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="simplex">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lepisiota simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forel, 1892), and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Monomorium abeillei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="abeillei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Monomorium abeillei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="André">Andre</normalizedToken>
, 1881) were collected with the holotype in the same pitfall trap. The paratype was found in loam area covered with
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Calotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Calotropis procera" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="procera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Calotropis procera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Aiton) W.T. Aiton (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Apocynaceae</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Pulicaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pulicaria undulata" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Pulicaria undulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) C. A. Mey. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
) at Rawdat Al Sabalh (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Habitat of Thorictus riyadhensis Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. paratype in Rawdat Al Sabalh, Az Zulfi, Riyadh Province, at 670 m elevation. Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton (Apocynaceae) in background, and Pulicaria undulata (L.) C. A. Mey. (Asteraceae) in the foreground and among the shrubs." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529724" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">6</figureCitation>
). While at Rhodet Khorim, the paratypes were collected from a sandy area using pitfall traps under canopies of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia gerrardii" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gerrardii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Acacia gerrardii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Benth. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Calotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Calotropis procera" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="procera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Calotropis procera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Aiton) W.T. Aiton, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roem &amp; Schult" authorityYear="1819" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Solanaceae" genus="Lycium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lycium shawii" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="shawii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lycium shawii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Roem. &amp; Schult. (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Solanaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Solanaceae</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Habitat of Thorictus riyadhensis Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. paratype in Rhodet Khorim, Ramah, Riyadh Province, at an elevation of 572 m. Trees of Acacia gerrardii Benth. (Fabaceae) in the background, shrubs of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton (Apocynaceae) and Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f) Wight &amp; Arn. (Rhamnaceae), shrub of Lycium shawii Roem. &amp; Schult. (Solanaceae) in the left corner of the bottom, and Rhazya stricta Decne. (Apocynaceae) in the foreground and middle." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529725" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">7</figureCitation>
). Ant species of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1798" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Camponotus sericeus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Camponotus sericeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fabricius, 1798),
<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Camponotus xerxes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xerxes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Camponotus xerxes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Forel, 1904,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis fisheri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fisheri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis fisheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharaf &amp; Aldawood, 2015,
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Andre" baseAuthorityYear="1881" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis lividus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis lividus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="André">Andre</normalizedToken>
, 1881),
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Andre" baseAuthorityYear="1881" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis niger" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="niger">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis niger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="André">Andre</normalizedToken>
, 1881),
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Andre" baseAuthorityYear="1881" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cataglyphis viaticoides" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viaticoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Cataglyphis viaticoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="André">Andre</normalizedToken>
, 1881),
<taxonomicName authorityName="Collingwood &amp; Agosti" authorityYear="1996" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lepisiota dammama" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dammama">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lepisiota dammama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Collingwood &amp; Agosti, 1996,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lepisiota simplex" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="simplex">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lepisiota simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forel, 1892),
<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tetramorium chefketi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chefketi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Tetramorium chefketi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Forel, 1911,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tetramorium sericeiventre" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Tetramorium sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Emery, 1877, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trichomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Trichomyrmex mayri" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mayri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Trichomyrmex mayri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forel, 1902) were caught with the paratypes from the same pitfall traps.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Dermestidae" genus="Thorictus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thorictus riyadhensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="riyadhensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was collected during December and January, and from April to June.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529723" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Habitat of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Dermestidae" genus="Thorictus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thorictus riyadhensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="riyadhensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
&amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. holotype in Wadi Hanifah, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh Province, at an elevation of 695 m.
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Carthamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carthamus oxyacantha" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="oxyacantha">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Carthamus oxyacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
M. Bieb. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
) in the bottom right corner, and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Zilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zilla spinosa" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Zilla spinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Prantl (
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Brassicaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Brassicaceae</taxonomicName>
) in the foreground.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529724" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Habitat of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Dermestidae" genus="Thorictus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thorictus riyadhensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="riyadhensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
&amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. paratype in Rawdat Al Sabalh, Az Zulfi, Riyadh Province, at 670 m elevation.
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Calotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Calotropis procera" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="procera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Calotropis procera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Aiton) W.T. Aiton (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Apocynaceae</taxonomicName>
) in background, and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Pulicaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pulicaria undulata" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undulata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Pulicaria undulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) C. A. Mey. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
) in the foreground and among the shrubs.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529725" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Figure 7.</emphasis>
Habitat of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hava &amp; Abdel-Dayem" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Dermestidae" genus="Thorictus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Thorictus riyadhensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="riyadhensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Thorictus riyadhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Háva">Hava</normalizedToken>
&amp; Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. paratype in Rhodet Khorim, Ramah, Riyadh Province, at an elevation of 572 m. Trees of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia gerrardii" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gerrardii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Acacia gerrardii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Benth. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
) in the background, shrubs of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Calotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Calotropis procera" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="procera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Calotropis procera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Aiton) W. T. Aiton (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Apocynaceae</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Ziziphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ziziphus nummularia" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="nummularia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Ziziphus nummularia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Burm. f) Wight &amp; Arn. (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rhamnaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rhamnales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Rhamnaceae</taxonomicName>
), shrub of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roem &amp; Schult" authorityYear="1819" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Solanaceae" genus="Lycium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lycium shawii" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="shawii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Lycium shawii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Roem. &amp; Schult. (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Solanaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Solanaceae</taxonomicName>
) in the left corner of the bottom, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Decne" authorityYear="1835" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Rhazya" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhazya stricta" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="stricta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Rhazya stricta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Decne. (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Decaisne" authorityYear="1835" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apocynaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Apocynaceae</taxonomicName>
) in the foreground and middle.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="155" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">Geographical distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="155">
This new
<taxonomicName authorityName="Agassiz" authorityYear="1846" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="155" rank="tribe" tribe="Thorictini">Thorictini</taxonomicName>
species is known from Najd Plateau, Central Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Province (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Map of Saudi Arabian provinces and distribution of Thorictinae species." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/529719" pageId="0" pageNumber="155">1</figureCitation>
), at Wadi Hanifah (Ad Diriyah), Rawdat Al Sabalh (Az Zulfi), and Rhodet Khorim (Ramah).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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