Cheilomenes lunata yemenensis Fuersch , 1989

Ansi, Amin Al, Alkhalaf, Areej A., Fadl, Hassan, Rasool, Iftekhar & Dhafer, Hathal Al, 2020, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1006, pp. 35-89 : 35

Cheilomenes lunata yemenensis Fuersch, 1989

Cheilomenes lunata yemenensis Fürsch, 1989 (2): 37-38.

Remark.

A rare subspecies that is confined only to the Arabian Peninsula and was described from Yemen. In Saudi Arabia, it is widely distributed in both natural habitats and agroecosystems.

Materials examined.

Asir: Abha, Sodah, 18°16.27'N, 42°21.52'E, 24.IV.2011, SN, Al Ansi et al., 1ex; Al Majardah, Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; 12.III.2012, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1ex; Wadi Turubah, 20°14.37'N, 41°15.23'E, 14.V.2011, SN, Fadl et al., 1♂; 14.X.2010, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 1♀; Abha, Raydah, 18°12.10'N, 42°24.54'E, 2578 m, 8.II.2016, SU, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; 16.IV.2016, SN, Soliman, A., 2exs; Al Ansi et al., SU, 1ex; Rijal Alma, Wadi Sabin, 17°48.25'N, 42°21.64'E, 194 m, 10.II.2016, SN, Fadl, H., 1ex; Baha: Wadi Dhahyan Dam, 20°05.51'N, 41°24.11'E, 883 m, 9.V.2011, SN, Fadl et al., 1ex; Ghabat Amdhan, 20°06.32'N, 41°17.15'E, 19.V.2010, SN, El Torkey, A., 1ex; Shada Al Aala, 19°50.58'N, 41°18.69'E, 1666 m,14.IV.2016, HP, Abdel-Dayem, M., 1ex; Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 12.IV.2016, SN, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Raghdan, 20°34.25'N, 41°45.11'E, 10.IV.2016, SU, Al Ansi, A., 1ex; Jizan: Fifa, 17°16'N, 43°05'E, 1.II.1983, SN, Talhouk et al., ANMA, 15exs; 25.I.1983, SN, ANMA, 38exs; Makkah: Taif Rd., 12.X.2010, SN, Al Dhafer et al., 2exs.

Local distribution.

Specimens of this species were collected from Asir, Baha, Jizan, and Makkah provinces. It was previously reported from the KSA by Kovář (2007) but with no distributional range.

World distribution.

Asia: This species is confined to the Arabian Peninsula and was recorded only from SA and YE ( Kovář 2007).