scholarly journals Contribution to the knowledge of the Clytrini of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bezděk
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Near East ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nomen Dubium

Four new species of the tribe Clytrini Kirby, 1837, Labidostomis bcharrensis sp. nov. (Lebanon), Tituboea friedmani sp. nov. (Israel), Tituboea harteni sp. nov. (United Arab Emirates) and Tituboea radeki sp. nov. (Yemen, Oman), and the formerly unknown females of Labidostomis damavandensis Rapilly, 1984 and Saudiclytra wittmeri Medvedev, 1979 are described. The following new synonyms are proposed: Coptocephala coptocephaloides (Lacordaire, 1848) = Coptocephala furthi Medvedev, 1992 syn. nov., Labidostomis rufa (Waltl, 1838) = Labidostomis rufa (Lacordaire, 1848) syn. nov., Tituboea olivieri (Lacordaire, 1848) = Tituboea femoralis Medvedev, 1962 syn. nov., Saudiclytra wittmeri (Medvedev, 1979) = Saudiclytra spinifemorata Medvedev, El Torkey & Al Dhafer, 2014 syn. nov. A neotype is designated for Clythra (Tituboea) olivieri Lacordaire, 1848. Tituboea decemguttata Walker, 1871 is considered as nomen dubium. The variability of the elytral pattern of Afrophthalma arabica (Bryant, 1957) is delimited. New country records and comments on distribution of Clytrini species from the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula are presented.

Filling the gap of whip spider distribution in Asia: Phrynichus persicus sp.n. (Arachnida, Amblypygi), a new Phrynichidae from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (2) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA ◽  
ALIREZA ZAMANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

The whip spider genus Phrynichus (Phrynichidae, Amblypygi) is widely distributed in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia with a total of 17 species. No records, however, are known from several countries in the Middle East. Here we provide the first record of a whip spider from Iran (Ilam Province), with the description and illustration of a new species, Phrynichus persicus sp. n. This discovery fills a gap in the distribution of the group that is known from both sides of this biogeographically interesting region and is also the northernmost record of the family Phrynichidae. Moreover, all distribution records of the Phrynichus species are mapped (including the first verified record of the order from the United Arab Emirates), an updated key to the species of the deflersi and ceylonicus groups is provided, and Phrynichus andhraensis Bastawade, Rao, Maqsood Javed and Krishna, 2005 (India) is assigned to the ceylonicus group. 

The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4353 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT BOSMANS ◽  
ARNAUD HENRARD ◽  
SOUÂD BENHALIMA ◽  
OURIDA KHERBOUCHE-ABROUS
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
The Mediterranean

A survey of the members of the genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 in the Maghreb is presented. The presence of Clubiona comta C. L. Koch, 1839, C. dinienis Simon, 1878, C. leucaspis Simon, 1932, C. phragmitis C. L. Koch 1843 and C. vegeta Simon, 1918 is confirmed. Clubiona pseudosimilis Mikhailov, 1990, from the eastern Mediterranean is new to Africa and Portugal. A specimen of C. neglecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862, cited from Morocco in the past, was misidentified and appears to be C. pseudoneglecta Wunderlich, 1994. The species is new to Algeria and Spain. Two new synonyms are revealed: Clubiona baborensis Denis, 1937 from Algeria = C. diniensis Simon, 1878 N. Syn. and Clubiona venusta Pavesi, 1880 from Tunisia = Selamia reticulata (Simon, 1870) N. Syn. Clubiona mandibularis Lucas, 1846 is considered a Nomen dubium. The comta group is redefined and the “genevensis subgroup” is elevated to species group, including two subgroups. A key and illustrations to the species of the genevensis group are presented and all the species occurring in the Maghreb are illustrated. 

The genus Aivalykus Nixon, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) with description of a new species from India and Arabian Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4822 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-276
Author(s):  
A.P. RANJITH ◽  
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ ◽  
P.M. SURESHAN ◽  
M. NASSER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

The ecphyline genus Aivalykus Nixon, 1938 is discussed. A new species, A. microaciculatus Ranjith et Belokobylskij, sp. nov. from India and United Arab Emirates is described and illustrated. A key to all extant species of the genus Aivalykus is provided.

Revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936 (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Ectobiinae) from North Africa, Spain, and the Macaronesian islands. I. The nine subgenera of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4610 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HORST BOHN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Near East ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Determination Key ◽  
Macaronesian Islands

An initial contribution to the revision of the genus Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936a, formerly synonymized erroneously with Lobolampra Houlbert, 1927, is presented. The species of the genus, hitherto placed in the subgenera Phyllodromica, Arbiblatta Chopard, 1936a and Lobolampra Houlbbert, 1927, of the genus Phyllodromica Fieber 1853, are distributed on the northern Macaronesian Islands, in southern Spain, North Africa, and the Near East (Israel, Cyprus). The genus is divided into nine new subgenera: Autumnoblatta subgen. nov., Blattantis subgen. nov., Discleroblatta subgen. nov., Dziriblatta subgen. nov., Macaroblatta subgen. nov., Monoscleroblatta subgen. nov., Pauciscleroblatta subgen. nov., Sculptoblatta subgen. nov., and Sulcoblatta subgen. nov.. The characteristics of the genus and its subgenera are described including also a determination key which allows the discrimination of the subgenera in both sexes. The presumable phylogenetic position of the genus and the relationships between the subgenera are discussed and shown in cladograms. The described species and their distribution are shown in numerous figures and distribution maps, respectively.Three new species are described: Dziriblatta (Sculptoblatta) prisca spec. nov., Dziriblatta (Autumnoblatta) nasuta spec. nov., and Dziriblatta (Macaroblatta) dendroglandulosa spec. nov. Nomenclatory changes: The species Blatta carpetana Bolívar, 1873, is designated as lectotype for the subgenus Lobolampra Houlbert, 1927. New synonyms: Aphlebia cazurroi Bolívar, 1885, is a junior synonym of Dziriblatta algerica (Bolívar, 1881); Dziriblatta theryi Chopard, 1936a, Hololampra finoti Bolívar, 1914, and Lobolampra adelungi Chopard, 1943, are synonyms of Dz. (Pauciscleroblatta) kroumiriensis (Adelung, 1914); Dz. vicina Chopard, 1936b, is a synonym of Dz. (Monoscleroblatta) merrakescha (Adelung, 1914). 

scholarly journals The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1014 ◽  
pp. 1-118
Author(s):  
Cornelis van Achterberg
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species

For the first time the tribe Phanerotomini (Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula is revised, illustrated by colour photographs and keyed. It resulted in twenty-one new species (of which 20 species belong to the genus Phanerotoma and representing 75% of the reported species): Phanerotomella yemeniticasp. nov., Phanerotoma angusticrussp. nov., P. artocornutasp. nov., P. aspidiotasp. nov., P. brunneivenasp. nov., P. caudatoidessp. nov., P. glabritemporalissp. nov., P. granulatasp. nov., P. ejuncidasp. nov., P. hellyerisp. nov., P. latifemoratasp. nov., P. leptasp. nov., P. longivenasp. nov., P. mesocellatasp. nov., P. microdontasp. nov., P. micrommatasp. nov., P. sculptilissp. nov., P. signiferasp. nov., P. spuriserratasp. nov., P. stenochorasp. nov., and P. vanhartenisp. nov. Reported as new for United Arab Emirates and Yemen are Phanerotoma graciloides van Achterberg, 1990, P. masiana Fahringer, 1934, and P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894 (the latter also for Saudi Arabia), for United Arab Emirates P. ocularis Kohl, 1906, and P. robusta Zettel, 1988, and for Yemen P. bilinea Lyle, 1924, P. flavivena Edmardash & Gadallah, 2019, and P. permixtellae Fischer, 1968. Phanerotoma caboverdensis Hedqvist, 1965, syn. nov. is synonymised with P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894.

A new species of the genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a key to species of the genus known from the Arabian Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-400
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR M. GNEZDILOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
National Park ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Grammacephalus albatus sp. nov. is described from Wadi Wurayah National Park in Fujairah Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. A key to five species of Grammacephalus known from the Arabian Peninsula is given. Notes on relationships of Grammacephalus Haupt, 1929 and Bampurius Dlabola, 1977 are given, with the taxonomic position of Grammacephalus genoicus Dlabola, 1984 discussed.  

scholarly journals Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Shehzad Salman ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Shahid A. Akbar ◽  
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Worker Caste

The ant genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 is revised for the Arabian Peninsula based on the worker caste. Nine species are recognized and descriptions of two new species, T. almosayari sp. nov. and T. shakeri sp. nov. from Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, are given. For nomenclatural stability, lectotypes for T. abyssinicus (Forel, 1894a), T. lameerei (Forel, 1902) and T. mayri (Forel, 1902) are designated. A key to species and diagnostic characters of the treated species are presented. New country records are presented for T. abyssinicus (Saudi Arabia), T. destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) and T. mayri (Qatar). New distributional records for T. destructor and T. mayri for Saudi Arabia are also provided. World and regional species distributions are indicated and distributional maps for nine Arabian species are included. Ecological and biological information is given when known.

New taxonomic and faunistic data to species of the genus Laena Dejean from Turkey (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae), with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4861 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-398
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Near East ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Southern Turkey ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

New taxonomic and faunistic data to species of the genus Laena Dejean, 1821 (subfamily Lagriinae) from Turkey are given. Some of the species occur also in adjacent Greece, Bulgaria, as well as in Cyprus, Near East and the Caucasus. Very probably not yet all synonyms of the Turkish species might be recognised herein. New species: L. assingi sp. nov. from southern Turkey, L. bozdagica sp. nov. from the Izmir region. New synonyms: Laena ferruginea Küster, 1846 (L. clivinoides Baudi di Selve, 1876 n. syn., L. constricta Iablokoff-Khnzoryan, 1957 n. syn., L. liliputana Kaszab, 1968 n. syn.). New record for Turkey: L. quadricollis Weise, 1878; new record for Greece (Chios, Lesbos, Samos): L. kraatzi Weise, 1878; new record for Cyprus: L. glabriuscula Sahlberg, 1909. Erroneous records for Turkey: L. apfelbecki Schuster, 1915, L. hopffgarteni Weise, 1878, L. kaufmanni Reitter, 1881. 

World revision of Iteaphila macquarti group (Diptera: Empididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3561 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR ◽  
IGOR V. SHAMSHEV
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
Pollen Feeding ◽  
Doubtful Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Holarctic Species

Nineteen species are recognized in the Iteaphila macquarti group, including ten new species (I. bulbosa Sinclair sp.nov. (British Columbia, Canada), I. californica Sinclair sp. nov. (Baja California, Mexico), I. chvalai Shamshev sp.nov. (Kazakhstan), I. cirrata Shamshev sp. nov. (British Columbia, Canada), I. falcata Sinclair sp. nov. (BritishColumbia, Canada), I. furcata (Zetterstedt), I. macquarti Zetterstedt, I. napaea Melander, I. nepalensis Shamshev sp.nov. (Nepal), I. nitidula Zetterstedt, I. orchestris Melander, I. pumila Sinclair sp. nov. (Alaska, USA), I. rasnitsyniShamshev sp. nov. (south Primorsk Territory, Russia), I. saigusai Shamshev sp. nov. (Nagano, Japan), I. sicamousSinclair sp. nov. (British Columbia, Canada), I. taiwanensis Shamshev sp. nov. (Taiwan), I. testacea Melander, I.triangula (Coquillett), I. vetula Melander). Iteaphila maackii Loew is considered a nomen dubium due to loss ofholotype. Empis luctosa Kirby is considered also a nomen dubium and proposed as a doubtful species of Iteaphila. Thefollowing new synonyms are proposed: (Empis cormus Walker, I. cana Melander, I. fulginosa Melander) = I.macquarti; (Hilara carbonella Zetterstedt, Empis conjuncta Coquillett) = I. nitidula. Lectotypes are designated for I.furcata, I. cana, I. carbonella (Zetterstedt), I. conjuncta, I. orchestris, I. testacea and I. triangula. The male of I.testacea is described for the first time, keys to Palearctic and Nearctic faunas are provided, and species are sorted intofive monophyletic subgroups. The distributions of all species are mapped and five Holarctic species are identified (I.cirrata, I. macquarti, I. nitidula, I. orchestris, I. pumila). Iteaphila is recorded for the first time from the OrientalRegion. Feeding habits for adult Iteaphila are summarized and reviewed, and the genus appears to be exclusively anthophilous (pollen feeding) and never predaceous.

scholarly journals Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n.

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10726
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Amr A. Mohamed ◽  
Brendon E. Boudinot ◽  
James K. Wetterer ◽  
Francisco Hita Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
First Time

We present a revised and updated synoptic list of 44 Arabian Monomorium species, including two new species of the M. salomonis species-group: M. heggyi sp. n., and M. khalidi sp. n. We propose the following new synonyms: M. abeillei André (= M. wahibiense Collingwood & Agosti syn. n.); M. areniphilum Santschi (= M. fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti syn. n., = M. hemame Collingwood & Agosti syn. n. = M. marmule Collingwood & Agosti syn. n.); M. bicolor Emery (= M. phoenicum Santschi syn. n.); M. harithe Collingwood & Agosti (= M. najrane Collingwood & Agosti syn. n.); M. niloticum Emery (= M. matame Collingwood & Agosti syn. n.); and M. nitidiventre Emery (= M. yemene Collingwood & Agosti syn. n.). An illustrated key and distribution maps are presented for the treated species. Ecological and biological notes are given when available. The majority of Arabian Monomorium species (24) are endemic to the peninsula. All except one of the remaining species are more broadly ranging Afrotropical and Palearctic species, supporting the view of Arabia as a biogeographical crossroads between these two regions. Monomorium floricola (Jerdon), the sole species of Indomalayan origin, is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula.

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