Mylabris (Ammabris) raml Schneider, 1991

Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica, 2007, The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist, Zootaxa 1625 (1), pp. 1-33 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1625.1.1
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scientific name	Mylabris (Ammabris) raml Schneider, 1991
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Distribution. Endemic to the eastern Arabian Peninsula, till now recorded only from the type locality in Saudi Arabia; new for the U.A.E.

New records. U.A.E.: 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., 13–15.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. GoogleMaps 20 exx., on Tribulus omanense (CB) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, EA8, Al Aïn, 2 Km E Al Saad , 24,21241° N 55,50620° E, 145 m a.s.l., 13.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 1 ex. GoogleMaps , on Eremobium aegyptiacum (CB) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, EA9, Al Aïn, Al Bateen dunes, crossroad E22-road to Al Aïn Airport , 24,20080° N 55,59146° E, 195 m a.s.l., 13.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 1 ex. ( CB) GoogleMaps .

Taxonomic remarks. The species was considered as distinct from M. elegans only on the base of the antennal shape (antennal club composed by 7 vs. 6 segments). Other differences concern the longer pronotum, which is red with or without (as in one examined specimen) black spots and not unicolour black, and with fore sides more progressively narrowed; elytra are shiner.