Brachida africana (BERNHAUER & SCHEERPELTZ 1926)

Assing, V., Schülke, M., M. R & A. S, 2013, On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 141-154 : 143

Brachida africana (BERNHAUER & SCHEERPELTZ 1926)

Material examined: SaudiArabia:2♂♂, Wadi Aljora near Abadan, 17.29°N, 43.07°E, 465 m, 12.XI.2012, leg. Sharaf ( cAss).

Comment Brachida africana was originally described from Tanzania and subsequently reported also from Kenya ( PACE 1994). The aedeagus of the above males is practically identical to the drawing of the aedagus of one of the type specimens provided by PACE (1994). The observed slight differences are most likely explained by intraspecific variation. The above specimens represent the first records from Saudi Arabia and the Palaearctic region sensu SMETANA (2004).