Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5356810 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03A4BF53-634F-4220-9DB9-D78F7EFD3E88 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5453022 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/394E87CF-FFF5-B378-FF40-7F6759FA4901 |
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Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969 |
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Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969 View in CoL
Material examined: Saudi Arabia: 3 exs., Abha, 2000 m, 28.VIII.1982, leg. Heiss (cAss). GoogleMaps 1♂ [slightly teneral], Wadi Aziza, 18°13'N, 42°28'E, 2400 m, 17.-18.IX.1983, leg. Büttiker ( NHMB) GoogleMaps ; 14 exs., Al-Hejaz ["Hedjaz"] ( BMNH, cAss) ; 1♂, 1♀, Asir, Raydah Protectorate , 18.198°N, 42.410°E, 2440 m, 22.II.2014, leg. Sharaf (cAss) GoogleMaps .
Comment: Leptobium arabicum is distributed in Saudi Arabia, northern Yemen, and southern Israel ( ASSING 2005, 2009c); the records from Israel are missing in the latest edition of the Palaearctic Catalogue ( SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The coloration of this species is remarkably variable, that of the forebody ranges from distinctly bicoloured with the head black and the pronotum and elytra bright-reddish to uniformly reddish-brown, that of the abdominal apex from bright-reddish to reddish-brown.
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Natural History Museum Bucharest |
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