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ZOOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 1029, Pages 155-174Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940
Keywords
Beetles; new species; Saudi Arabia; taxonomy; Thaumaphrastini; Thorictini; Thorictus; Thorictodes
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- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University [RG-1437-009]
- Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic [MZE-RO0118]
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This study describes and compares Thorictinae beetle species from Saudi Arabia, excluding three species not found in the country, and provides a list of Thorictinae species from the Arabian Peninsula.
In this study, the Saudi Arabian Thorictinae beetle species, Thorictus riyadhensis Hava & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. shadensis Hava & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. sharafi Hava & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. hanifahensis Hava & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov. are described, illustrated, and compared with related species. Three other species: T. castaneus Germar, 1834; T. foreli Wasmann, 1894; and T. peyerimhoffi Chobaut, 1904 are excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia. A list of Thorictinae species from the Arabian Peninsula is provided.
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