The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia

Jiří Háva; Mahmoud S Abdel-Dayem; Hathal M Aldhafer

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940

The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia

Zookeys. 2021 Apr 8:1029:155-174. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Jiří Háva¹, Mahmoud S Abdel-Dayem², Hathal M Aldhafer²

Affiliations

¹ Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Strnady 136, CZ-252 02 Praha 5 - Zbraslav, Czech Republic Forestry and Game Management Research Institute Zbraslav Czech Republic.
² King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agricultral Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

In this study, the Saudi Arabian Thorictinae beetle species, Thorictus riyadhensis Háva & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. shadensis Háva & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. sharafi Háva & Abdel-Dayem, sp. nov., T. hanifahensis Háva & 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.

Keywords: Thorictini; Thorictodes; Thorictus; Beetles; Saudi Arabia; Thaumaphrastini; new species; taxonomy.

Jiří Háva, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem, Hathal M. Aldhafer.