scholarly journals NEW SPECIES OF PARAPHIOMYS (RODENTIA, THRYONOMYIDAE) FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF AS-SARRAR, SAUDI ARABIA

Palaeontology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAQUEL LOPEZ ANTONANZAS ◽  
SEVKET SEN
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Lower Miocene

Early Silurian Benthic Foraminifera from Saudi Arabia - including the oldest known multichambered lituolids

Stratigraphy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-185
Author(s):  
Michael A. Kaminski ◽  
Pramudya R. D. Perdana
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Early Evolution ◽  
Foraminiferal Assemblage ◽  
New Findings ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Agglutinated Foraminifera

ABSTRACT: A diverse assemblage of early Silurian agglutinated foraminifera is described from the transitional facies between the Qusaiba and Sharawra Formations of theQalibah Group of Saudi Arabia. The agglutinated foraminiferal assemblage consists of 73 species belonging to 24 genera, and is found in in dark graptolite-bearing claystone of Aeronian age. The assemblage is highly diverse compared with coeval early Silurian assemblages reported from Europe and North America. The assemblage is comprised mainly of species belonging to the monothalamid genera Saccammina, Psammosphaera, Lagenammina, Thurammina, Thuramminoides, Amphitremoida, Bathysiphon, Rhabdammina, and the tubothalamid genera Hyperammina, Tolypammina and Turritellella. The new species Thuramminoides ellipsoidalis n. sp. is described herein, but many of the species left in open nomenclature are also likely to be new. The assemblage also includes rare specimens belonging to the globothalamid (lituolid) genera Ammobaculites and Simobaculites. This new finding revises our understanding of the early evolution of the multichambered globothalamid foraminifera. Although the simple multichambered with rectilinear chamber arrangement are known from the Ordovician, our new findings show that the coiled globothalamids belonging to the order Lituolida are older than previously thought, and were already present in Gondwana by about 440 Ma.

Predatory prostigmatid mite (Acari: Trombidiformes) fauna of the date palm agro-ecosystem in Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahad Jaber Alatawi ◽  
Muhammad Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
World Species ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera L ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

A comprehensive survey was conducted at different provinces of Saudi Arabia (SA) to investigate predacious prostigmatid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) mainly collected from the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae) agro-ecosystem. A total of 41 species belonging to 28 genera in 14 families are recorded in the present study. Out of these, three families, 18 genera and 36 species are new to the mite fauna of SA. The new species, Neobonzia tabukensis sp.nov. (Cunaxidae), Cheletomimus (Philippicheyla) taifensis sp.nov. (Cheyletidae) are described and illustrated. A checklist of predatory prostigmatid mites from SA is given. A key to all terrestrial predatory prostigmatid mites, excluding Parasitegona and Heterostigmatina, reported from SA is provided. Also, a key to world species of the subgenus Philippicheyla Corpuz-Raros of the genus Cheletomimus Oudemans is given.

scholarly journals The Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Saudi Arabia, with new records, one new species, and revised status of Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi (Moulton)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-227
Author(s):  
IFTEKHAR RASOOL ◽  
LAURENCE A. MOUND ◽  
AHMED M. SOLIMAN ◽  
HATHAL M. ALDHAFER
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morus Alba ◽  
Ficus Carica ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
One New Species

Two genera Dendrothrips Uzel and Pseudodendrothrips Schmutz are recorded from Saudi Arabia. A key is provided to eight members of Dendrothrips that have antennae with 9-segments and D. saudicus sp. n. is described in this group. P. aegyptiacus (Priesner) and P. stuardoi are newly reported from Saudi Arabia, with P. stuardoi rev. stat. from the leaves of Ficus carica being newly distinguished from P. mori (Niwa) that lives on the leaves of Morus alba. Some published records of P. mori from Mediterranean countries are possibly misidentifications of P. stuardoi.

An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4791 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
HASSAN A. DAWAH ◽  
MOHAMMED A. ABDULLAH ◽  
JOHN C. DEEMING
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Brazilian Purpuric Fever ◽  
Rearing Methods ◽  
First Time ◽  
Malaise Traps

Chloropidae are of major economic importance, since the larvae of some species are pests of cereals and grasses, some are parasitoids and predators, and adults of some Hippelates spp. visit and transmit or are suspected of transmitting yaws sores in man and animals and by feeding around the eyes are vectors of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Within the framework of the exploration of the biodiversity of Diptera in Southwest Saudi Arabia a survey of the grass flies fauna in 18 sites in Jazan, Asir, and Najran in south-western Saudi Arabia was performed mainly using Malaise traps and sweep nets from 2010– to 2016. Sixty six species of 43 genera and three subfamilies of Chloropidae were identified and are recorded from Saudi Arabia, 20 of them for the first time and three are described as new species: Elachiptera arabica Deeming sp. n.; Kwarea ismayi Deeming sp.n. and Tricimba turneri Deeming sp.n.. This makes the total number of Chloropidae species in Saudi Arabia 95 (including 29 species previously recorded). Seventy images are presented. The species of Chloropidae listed are predominantly of Afrotropical/ Palaearctic origin. An updated checklist of Chloropidae species of Saudi Arabia is presented.This study adds new records of Chloropidae to the Saudi Arabian Diptera fauna, which will become reference points for research detailing the systematic geographic distribution and for identifying other specimens submitted for identification. Further species will undoubtedly be discovered with more research involving collecting and rearing methods. 

On the taxonomy of the genus Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken in Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4701 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAGDI S. EL-HAWAGRY ◽  
MAHMOUD S. ABDEL-DAYEM ◽  
HATHAL M. AL DHAFER
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Rigorous Study ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Thyridanthrax spp. collected in field trips or preserved in the Efflatoun’s insect collection in Cairo University were taxonomically studied. One new species, T. elegansoides sp. nov., is herein described, and two species, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann), are newly recorded from Egypt. Ten species are treated: one species from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. anomalus Greathead; two species from Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. perspicillaris (Loew); and seven species from Egypt: T. elegans (Wiedemann), T. elegansoides sp. nov., T. griseolus (Klug), T. incanus (Klug), T. lotus (Loew), T. obliteratus (Loew), and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann). Taxonomic comments, an identification key to species, diagnoses, and photographs of some species and genitalia are provided. Based on wing morphology and male genitalic characters, T. lotus clearly does not fit in the genus Thyridanthrax, and may need to be placed elsewhere, nevertheless it is not clear whether it can be included in any of the other currently recognized genera in the tribe Villini. It is here kept in Thyridanthrax until a more rigorous study can be conducted to better ascertain its position in the Villini. 

Two new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the Arabian Peninsula and Mauritania (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4648 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK G. VOLKOVITSH
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Two New Species

Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) strumiai sp. nov. from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Mauritania, and A. (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. from Oman and Yemen are described, illustrated and compared with related species. 

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