Abraeini, MacLeay, 1819

Penati, Fabio & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2006, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks, Zootaxa 1157 (1), pp. 1-74 : 30-31

Tribe Abraeini

19. Chaetabraeus (Chaetabraeus) lucidus (Peyerimhoff) ( Fig. 9 )

Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, France (Corsica), Italy, Creta Is., Turkey (Taurus), Caucasus, Yemen, Senegal (?) ( Gomy 2004).

Chorology: Mediterranean.

Literature. Yemen: Wadi Sharez [a few km east of Hajjah, 15°41’36”N 43°36’11”E], II.1985, cow dung, 3 ♂ and 7 ♀ ( Gomy 2004); ibidem, 24.III.1985, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( Gomy 2004).

20. Chaetabraeus (Chaetabraeus) setulosus (Fahraeus in Boheman) ( Fig. 9 )

Distribution: Republic of South Africa: Natal, Ivory Coast, Benin, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Kenya, Yemen ( Gomy 2004).

Chorology: Afrotropical (widespread).

Literature. Yemen: Wadi Sharez [a few km east of Hajjah, 15°41’36”N 43°36’11”E], II.1985, cow dung, 1 ♂ and 3 ♀ ( Gomy 2004); ibidem, 24.III.1985, 2 ♂ and 3 ♀ ( Gomy 2004).

21. Chaetabraeus (Mazureus) bacanioformis (Bickhardt) ( Fig. 9 )

Distribution: Tanzania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana (?), Chad (?), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Republic of South Africa, Yemen ( Gomy

2004).

Chorology: Afrotropical (widespread).

Literature. Yemen: Wadi Sharez [a few km east of Hajjah, 15°41’36”N 43°36’11”E], II.1985, cow dung, 3 ♂ and 7 ♀ ( Gomy 2004); ibidem, 24.III.1985, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ ( Gomy 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Chaetabraeus (s. str.) lucidus, Chaetabraeus (s. str.) setulosus, Chaetabraeus (M.) bacanioformis.