Macrosiagon bipunctata (Fabricius, 1801)

Batelka, Jan, 2010, A review of Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 157-166 : 158

Macrosiagon bipunctata (Fabricius, 1801)

( Figs. 10 , 18 )

Published record. BATELKA (2007: 241): ‘ Yemen, Dhawran, 1 ♀, 29.x.2005 ’.

New records. YEMEN: 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘W. Aden Prot. / Jebel Jihaf / ca. 7.000 ft. / 7–12.x.1937. // B.M. Exp. to / S. W. Arabia / H. Scott & / E. B. Britton. / B.M. 1938-246. [p] ’; 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘ Lakej / 95 – 69 [p] ’; 1 J, 3 ♀♀ ( BMNH), ‘ Millin / gen // Arabia / Yemen [p] // Frey Coll. / 1905. 100 [p] ’.

Distribution. Afrotropical Region, Indian subcontinent, Yemen.

Figures

Figs. 9–14. Arabian Macrosiagon. 9 – M. elegans (Marseul, 1876), male; 10 – M. bipunctata (Fabricius, 1801), female from Dhawran; 11 – M. ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775), female from Jebel Jibir; 12 – M. oberthurii (Fairmaire, 1879), female from Bahrain; 13–14 – M. terminata (Laporte, 1840), females, two colour forms from Wadi Wurayah. Not to scale.

Fig. 18. Distribution of the Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula.