The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia

By

Háva, Jiří
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Al Dhafer, Hathal

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1029

Pages

155--174

Subjects

Beetles , new species , Saudi Arabia , taxonomy , Thaumaphrastini , Thorictini , Thorictodes , Thorictus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940

 

Abstract

In this study, the Saudi Arabian Thorictinae beetle species,Thorictus riyadhensisHáva & Abdel-Dayem,sp. nov.,T. shadensisHáva & Abdel-Dayem,sp. nov.,T. sharafiHáva & Abdel-Dayem,sp. nov.,T. hanifahensisHáva & Abdel-Dayem,sp. nov.are described, illustrated, and compared with related species. Three other species:T. castaneusGermar, 1834;T. foreliWasmann, 1894; andT. peyerimhoffiChobaut, 1904 are excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia. A list of Thorictinae species from the Arabian Peninsula is provided.