Opsius tigripes (Lethierry)

Athysanus tigripes Lethierry 1876a: 87; Lethierry 1876b:15

Opsius tigripes Vilbaste 1962: 140; Nast 1972: 325; Dlabola 1979: 131

Specimens examined.

KSA. Wadi Al Ammariyah; Hofuf, 8.IV.-23.V.77. Büttiker, 15Ex. (examined but not available to be illustrated in present study)

Distribution.

Afghanistan, Iran, Russia (Metcalf 1967); Saudi Arabia (Dlabola 1979) (Figs 75, 76).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to O. heydeni but the males can be distinguished by the aedeagal shafts and basal process slightly divergent throughout its length, with the aedeagal shafts being shorter than the basal process, and the basal process not straight and curved preapically.