Exaesiopus therondi Lackner, 2015

Zhang, Yejun & Lackner, Tomáš, 2025, Contribution to the Arabo-Saharan psammophilous Saprininae, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae, Hypocaccini), ZooKeys 1249, pp. 289-301 : 289-301

Exaesiopus therondi Lackner, 2015

Figs 24–36 , 37

Material examined.

♂, United Arab Emirates, FUJAIRAH [= Sharjah], Wadi al Helo , SW 1, KHOR KALBA, 24°53'833"N, 56°19'875"E, 25.ii.2007, G. Sama lgt., deposited in Penati collection at MSNG . A recently described species, the holotype of which was collected from the stomach of a Kentish plover [ Anarhynchus alexandrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) , Aves: Charadriidae ] in Afghanistan ( Lackner 2015). This is the second known specimen (also male); new to United Arab Emirates. Its occurrence in the UAE suggests the species is widely spread, most likely present in Iran and Pakistan as well. For its better recognition, we show the morphological characteristics of the Arabian specimen (Figs 24–36 ).

Figures

Figure 37. Known distribution of: Neopachylopus penatii sp. nov. (empty circle); Neopachylopus pharkidodes sp. nov. (circle with a star); Exaesiopus therondi Lackner, 2015 (circle with rectangle).

Figures 24–36. Exaesiopus therondi Lackner, 2015. 24. Habitus, dorsal view; 25. Habitus, ventral view; 26. Head, frontal view; 27. Metafemur; 28. Protibia, dorsal view; 29. Metatibia, lateral view; 30. Ninth tergite + sternite, dorsal view; 31. Ninth tergite + sternite, lateral view; 32. Tenth sternite (spiculum gastrale), ventral view; 33. Aedeagus, dorsal view; 34. Aedeagus, lateral view; 35. Eighth sternite + tergite, ventral view; 36. Eighth sternite + tergite, lateral view. Scale bars: 1, 00 mm (24, 25); 0, 5 mm (26–29); 0, 1 mm (30–36).