Attagenus vanharteni Háva, 2009

Háva, Jiří, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The subfamily Attageninae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1243, pp. 107-130 : 107-130

Attagenus vanharteni Háva, 2009

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Previous records.

The species was previously reported from Hofuf ( Mroczkowski 1979 and Rhawdet Khorim ( Al Dhafer et al. 2016; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017) under the name A. fasciolatus .

Material examined.

126 specimens listed in Suppl. material 1.

Remarks.

Mroczkowski (1979) and Al Dhafer et al. (2016) previously reported the species in Saudi Arabia as A. fasciolatus . However, this species is excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia as the specimens reported actually belong to A. vanharteni Háva, 2009 .

Distribution.

The species is found at elevations between 153 and 980 m a. s. l. It is recorded across different regions of Saudi Arabia, including the central region ( Riyadh Province), the eastern region ( Eastern Province), the northern regions (Jouf, Madinah, and Tabouk provinces) and the southern region ( Najran Province) (Fig. 7 ). Globally, it is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula, with known occurrences in Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; and here it is newly recorded in Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 3. Dorsal habitus A – G Attagenus species A A. kadleci Háva, 2012 female B A. lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856 female C A. logunovi Háva, 2015 D A. posticalis Fairmaire, 1878 E A. A. scalaris (Pic, 1894) F A. vanharteni Háva, 2009 G A. yemensis Háva & Herrmann, 2014 H Telopes tessellatus Reitter, 1887 male I T. tessellatus Reitter, 1887 female.

Figure 7. Distribution map of Attageninae species in Saudi Arabia: Attagenus scalaris, A. sp., A. vanharteni, A. yemensis, and Teleopes tessellatus.