Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 1984

Ziani, Stefano, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh, Aldhafer, Hathal Mohammed & Barbero, Enrico, 2019, An overview of the Onthophagini from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae), Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 1-36 : 5

Genus Cleptocaccobius Cambefort, 1984

Cleptocaccobius viridicollis (Fåhraeus in Boheman, 1857)

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Literature quotes. YEMEN: without locality (d’Orbigny 1898c, as C. minimus d’Orbigny, 1898 ).

Material examined. YEMEN: “ Arabia / Yemen” [without further data], J. G. Millingen leg. 3 exx. ( NHMUK); Sana’a Governorate, Wadi Dhahr , 2240 m (1526′43″N 4467′34″E), 15/ 17.xi.2003, D. Král leg. 2 exx. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (d’Orbigny 1898a). Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (d’Orbigny 1913a), South Africa ( Boheman, 1857), Swaziland ( Stronkhorst & Stronkhorst 1997).

Remarks. The species was described as Onthophagus , then transferred to Caccobius by d’Orbigny (1900) and lastly placed in Cleptocaccobius by Walter (2017). Caccobius minimus d’Orbigny 1898 , described from “Arabie: Yemen ” was synonymized with C. viridicollis by d’Orbigny (1900).

Figures

FIGURES 2–7. Onthophagini of Arabian Peninsula. 2, Cleptocaccobius viridicollis (Fåhraeus in Boheman, 1857): YE (Sana’a) Wadi Dhahr; 3, Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier in Génier & Moretto, 2017: SA (Asir) Wadi Marabah; 4, Euonthophagus carbonarius (Klug, 1855) sensu lato: YE (Sana’a) Wadi Dhahr; 5, Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) infuscatus Klug, 1845: SA (Asir) 10 km N Wadi Reem; 6, Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) sticticus Harold, 1867: OM (Dhofar) Ash-Shuwayiyah; 7, Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) transcaspicus König, 1889: OM (Ad Dakhiliyah) Al Ayn. Photos by Gabriele Fiumi.