Lydomorphus, Fairmaire, 1882

Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica, 2007, The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist, Zootaxa 1625 (1), pp. 1-33 : 9

Lydomorphus (?) palaestinus (Kirsch, 1870)

Distribution. Widely distributed from Morocco, through the Sahara Desert, east to Egypt, Middle East, and Saudi Arabia. Possibly the western records refer to a distinct species.

New records. Saudi Arabia: Ghina , 13.ii.1948, J. B. Philby coll. 7 exx. ( BMNH; CB) ; NW Arabia, Madain Salih , iv.1946, 1 ex. ( BMNH) .

Remarks. Some species, including palaestinus , presently referred to Lydomorphus , probably belong to a distinct genus, as previously indicated by Bologna & Pinto (2002). Molecular and morphological research (on both larvae and adults) on the Lydomorphus -complex is still in progress (Bologna et al., unpublished).