Assuanensius erectesetosus (Peyerimhoff, 1948)

Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh, Colonnelli, Enzo, Fadl, Hassan Hamadna Allah & Dhafer, Hathal Mohamed Al, 2015, New Records of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4), pp. 639-644 : 641

Assuanensius erectesetosus (Peyerimhoff, 1948) ( Fig. 2 )

Material Examined. 26.xi.2011, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 7.i.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 7.i.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 6 ex.; 7.i.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 4.ii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 3 ex.; 4.ii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 18.ii.2012, HP, 1 ex.; 18.ii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 18.ii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 5.iii.2012, SW, 1 ex.; 5.iii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 14 ex.; 6.iii.2012, PT under Calotropis procera , 1 ex.; 6.iii.2012, PT under Rhazya stricta , 1 ex.; 17.iii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 8 ex.; 17.iii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 31.iii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 6 ex.; 31.iii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 9 ex.; 14.iv.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 3 ex.; 28.iv.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 3 ex.; 14.v.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 6 ex.; 14.v.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 3 ex.; 14.v.2012, BS on Ziziphus nummularia , 1 ex.; 26.v.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 9.vi.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 11 ex.; 9.vi.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 6 ex.; 9.vi.2012, BS on Ziziphus nummularia , 6 ex.; 23.vi.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 2 ex.; 23.vi.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 1 ex.; 1.vii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 1.vii.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 12 ex.; 1.vii.2012, BS on Lycium shawii , 1 ex.; 8.ix.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 5 ex.; 8.ix.2012, BS on Acacia gerrardii , 2 ex.; 8.ix.2012, BS on Ziziphus nummularia , 1 ex.

Distribution. Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Chad ( Hoffmann 1963).

Notes. This species was very common during March on branches of Acacia ehrenbergiana Heyne and A. gerrardii .

Figures

Figs. 2–5. Adult habitus. 2) Assuanensius erectesetosus; 3) Assuanensius discoidalis; 4) Sharpia sabulicola, paratype; 5) Hypolixus pica. Scale bar = 1 mm.