Thorictus arabicus Hava , 2010

Hava, Jiri, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2021, The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 155-174 : 155

Thorictus arabicus Hava, 2010 Fig. 2

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 1 ex; Eastern Province, Khuris ; [25.08667°N, 48.04306°E] ; J. Háva det.; KSMA.

Remasrks.

An endemic species to Saudi Arabia that was originally described from the Eastern Province ( Háva 2010) (Fig. 1 ). The species was erroneously published by Abdel-Dayem et. al (2017) as T. castaneus Germar, 1834, a Mediterranean species that has been reported in Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Morocco, and Syria ( Háva 2015a).

Figures

Figure 1. Map of Saudi Arabian provinces and distribution of Thorictinae species.

Figure 2. Habitus dorsal aspect of Thorictus arabicus Hava, 2010.