Nephus (Geminosipho) arcuatus Kapur, 1959

Ansi, Amin Al, Alkhalaf, Areej A., Fadl, Hassan, Rasool, Iftekhar & Dhafer, Hathal Al, 2020, An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1006, pp. 35-89 : 35

Nephus (Geminosipho) arcuatus Kapur, 1959

Nephus (Geminosipho) arcuatus Kapur, 1959: 287.

Remark.

This species is found in regions of the Middle East and Africa with an Afrotropical distribution and found in natural habitats. It was generally collected in the months of May and June.

Materials examined.

Asir: Al Magardah, Wadi Yabah, 19°16.27'N, 41°48.46'E, 411, 2.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 2exs; Al Magardah, Wadi Khat, 19°05.37'N, 41°58.37'E, 31. V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 3exs; Baha: Thee Ain, 19°55.78'N, 41°26.60'E, 741 m, 3.VI.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂5exs; Jizan: King Faisal Sport City, 16°48.23'N, 42°59.49'E, 11m, 20.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♀; Hurub, Wadi Hurub, 17°43.12'N, 42°57.88'E, 398 m, 24.V.2012, BS, Al Ansi, A., 1♂; Najran: Hubuna, Al Dhaiqah, 17°50.71'N, 44°15.83'E, 1228 m, 14, I.2013, BS, Al Ansi et al., 1ex.

Local distribution.

Specimens of this species were collected from Asir, Baha, Jizan and Najran. It was previously reported by Fürsch (1979) from Asir.

World distribution.

Asia: IN, SA, and YE; AFR ( Kovář 2007); AE ( Raimundo et al. 2007).