Pharaonus (Pharaonus) saharicus Král, 2012

Keith, Denis, Sabatinelli, Guido & Uliana, Marco, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Pharaonus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 4012 (1), pp. 167-180 : 176

Pharaonus (Pharaonus) saharicus Král, 2012

( Figs. 8 , 19 )

Examined material. Algeria, Tamrit, Tassili n’Ajjer, m 1700, 6-8.V.1987: 1 ♂, paratype ( NMP, ex coll. D. Král). Distribution. Algeria (central Sahara).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 10. Habitus of Pharaonus (Pharaonus) species. 7: P. fasciculatus, male (Egypt). 8: P. saharicus, male paratype (Tamrit, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria). 9: P. varicoloreus, male (environs of Palymra, Syria). 10: P. varicoloreus, female (Birecik, Turkey).

FIGURES 15 – 23. Genitalia of Pharaonus. 15 – 19: aedeagus in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of Pharaonus (Pharaonus): 15: P. adelphus, paratype (a-c) and holotype (d) (Kerman, Iran); 16: P. caucasicus (Gorovan, Armenia); 17: P. fasciculatus (Egypt); 18: P. farsensis, holotype (Darab, Iran); 19: P. saharicus, paratype (Tamrit, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria); 20: P. varicoloreus (Halfeti, Birecik, Adiyaman, Turkey). 21: female genital sclerites of P. adelphus (Kerman, Bakram-djord [= Bahramjerd], Iran). 22 – 23: aedeagus in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of Pharaonus (Tamerlanius): 22: P. lederi (Koron 15 km Ekoc. Dzejran, Buckara, Uzbekistan); 23: P. semenowi (Kul'dzhuktau, Kizilkum desert, Uzbekistan).