Merizomena buettikeri (Mateu, 1986)

Material examined. WMR: 1150 m: 04.IV.2017, LT, 2 exs. GRNR: 1614 m: 24.III.2014, LT, 1 ♂; 23.VIII.2014, LT, 1 ♀ . 1851 m: 26.IV.2014, (LT), 1 ♂ .

Distribution. A END_ SA species.

Life forms and Remarks. ZPLD species. This species was described as Glycia (Merizomena) buettikeri based on two male specimens collected by W. Büttiker from Madinah and Najran provinces in 1979 and 1980, respectively. Additional records have been reported from Riyadh Province (Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017). This is the first record from Asir Province for the species, and the adult specimens were collected from Opuntia ficus-indica communities of GRNR and from Acacia communities at the bottom of GRNR.