Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 14

Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Material examined. QATAR: Fujairah - Wadi Hello, SW of Khor Kalba, 25.ii.2007, G. Sama leg. (1 spec. in SZCM). OMAN: Wahibi Sands, at light, 21°50’26”N 59°18’50”E, on dunes, xii.1994, B. Skule and M. D. Gallagher leg. (21 spec. in ERCS and USCK).

Distribution. Afrotropical and Oriental species, in the Palaearctic recorded from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan ( Balthasar 1963b; Kabakov 2006). First records from Qatar and Oman.

Responsible authors: E. Rössner and S. Ziani