Mylabris (Ammabris) elegans Olivier, 1811

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

Mylabris (Ammabris) elegans Olivier, 1811

Distribution. Species widely distributed through the Saharo-Arabian deserts, from Morocco, east to Egypt and Levant ( Israel, Jordan, Syria), Saudi Arabia and Oman; new for U.A.E.

New records. U.A.E.: 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 Eremobium aegyptiacum (CB) . Sharjah Emirate, 1.4 Km N of Al Madam on the road to Al Aïn, 24,93442°N – 55,775995°E, 185 m a.s.l., 11.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 1 ex. on Eremobium aegyptiacum (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., 12–15.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 7 exx., on Eremobium aegyptiacum and 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. 2 exx., on Eremobium aegyptiacum and Tribulus omanense (CB) .

Oman: Wadi Air , 7.v.1957, G. Popov coll. 1 ex. ( BMNH) .