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

Mark G Volkovitsh

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.11

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

Zootaxa. 2019 Jul 31;4648(3):zootaxa.4648.3.11. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.11.

Author

Mark G Volkovitsh¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Insect systematics, Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia, E-mail: polycest@zin.ru. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716943
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.11

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Coleoptera, jewel-beetles, Palaearctic, Northwest Africa, distribution.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Arabia
Coleoptera*
Mauritania
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Yemen