Pharaonus (Pharaonus) fasciculatus ( Burmeister, 1844 )

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 : 171

Pharaonus (Pharaonus) fasciculatus ( Burmeister, 1844)

( Figs. 7 , 17 )

Examined material. [ Libya], Trip. [Tripolitania], Sirte, 21.V.1936, leg. R.e C. Koch: 5 ♂ ( MSNM, MUCC). [ Libya], Trip. [Tripolitania], Sirte, 25.V.1936, leg. R.e C. Koch: 1 ♂ ( MSNM). Egypt, ante 1892, [coll.?] H.W. Bates: 8 specimens, ( DKCC, MNHN); Eg. [ Egypt], Kirdassah [=Kirdasah], 6.V. [19]33, leg. W. Wittmer: 5 ♂ ( MSNM, MUCC); Israel, North of Jericho, Ein Duyuk, 28.V.1971, leg. Fammishes: 1 ♂. ( TAUM).

Distribution. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Israel.

Remarks. First record for Israel. The examined specimen was previously identified as P. varicoloreus (see discussion under that species).

An informal record published on the web ( Ringenbach 2006), documented by the photograph of the specimen (a male, black form, from Sabratah, 06.V.2005, leg. P. Weill) should be added to the first records for Libya provided by Král (2012) and to those mentioned in the present paper.

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).