Miscophus imitans GINER MARI, 1945

Miscophus imitans GINER Marí, 1945: 240, ♀, ♁. Syntypes: Morocco: Saguia el Hamra area (MNCN). GADALLAH (2020), checklist for Arabian Peninsula.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (only listed for Arabian Peninsula): OMAN, Dhofar province: 2♀♀ 27.ix.2021 8 km W Taqah 17,046 N 54,331 E (leg. M. Halada; coll. CSE) , SAUDI ARABIA: 1♀ 20.x.1979 Jeddah (MHNB) . UAE: 1♀ 15.ii.2015 Abu Dhabi (CSE) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel. AP: Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE.

R e m a r k: Both examined females from Oman differ from females from Israel and north African by an all orange red abdomen (T4-6 black in other specimens) and by a small yellow band on AS 3 below (all black). One specimens is also larger (8.3 mm) than avarage M. imitans from the Mediterranean area (7.0- 7.5 mm).