Steriphodon bedeli (Abeille de Perrin, 1894)

Telnov, Dmitry, 2021, Redefinition of Steriphodon Abeille de Perrin, 1895 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), with a new species description, checklist, and key to species, Zootaxa 5020 (1), pp. 141-165 : 157

Steriphodon bedeli (Abeille de Perrin, 1894) ( Figs 23 , 26–33 )

Abeille de Perrin (1894: 94) original description, as “? Stereopalpus Bedeli ” ( Yemen: Périm Island).

Abeille de Perrin (1895: cclxxi) new combination.

Champion (1898: 78) checklist.

Pic (1911: 15) checklist.

Abdullah (1965: 26) taxonomy, morphology.

Abdullah (1967a: 330) list.

Chandler et al. (2008: 449) checklist.

Telnov (2018: 272) records ( Abyssinia, Arabia).

Telnov (2020: 617) checklist.

Distribution. Abyssinia (exact locality unknown), Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Périm Island). Note. Male terminalia and genitalia are depicted for the first time for this species.

Figures

FIGURES 23–25. External morphology of Steriphodon Abeille de Perrin, 1895. 23—S. bedeli (Abeille de Perrin, 1894), ♂ from Wadi Jizan Saudi Arabia, habitus, dorsal view; 24—25—S. chobauti (Abeille de Perrin, 1894), ♂ from Defilia, Morocco, habitus, dorsal view (24), head, dorsal view (25) [not to scale].

FIGURES 26–33. Male terminalia and genitalia of S. bedeli (Abeille de Perrin, 1894), ♂ from Wadi Jizan Saudi Arabia. 26—Tergite VII, dorsal view; 27—Tergite VIII, dorsal view; 28—Morphological sternite VII, ventral view; 29—Morphological sternite VIII, ventral view; 30—Spiculum gastrale; 31—Tegmen; 32—Median lobe; 33—ditto, apical portion, enlarged [not to scale].