Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) infuscatus Klug, 1845

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 : 9

Onthophagus (Eremonthophagus) infuscatus Klug, 1845

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Literature quotes. SAUDI ARABIA : “ Arabia Deserta ” ( Klug 1845). Asir Province, “Abha-Gizan Km 5 Wadi ad Dilla” ( Zunino 1979); “Maraba” ( Zunino 1981). YEMEN: Aden Governorate, “Um Shaiba” (Scott in Paulian 1948). OMAN: Muscat Governorate, “ Muscat ” (Scott in Paulian 1948).

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA : Asir Province, 10 km N Wadi Reem , 200 m (1755′28″N 4215′20″E), 30.iii.2017, G. Magnani & D. Baiocchi leg. 1 ex. ( SZCM); “ Arabia / Um Fagara”[locality not found] / x.1935, R. C. M. Darling leg. 1 ex. ( NHMUK); “ Arabia / Um Shaeba [locality not found] / 17.x.1935, R. C. M. Darling leg. 1 ex. ( NHMUK) . OMAN: Muscat Governorate, Muscat, ix/x, M. Maindron leg. 1 ex. ( NHMUK) .

Distribution. Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia ( Klug 1845), Oman and Yemen (Scott in Paulian 1948). Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia ( Balthasar 1963). Herein recorded from Djibouti (Obock, 2 exx., NHMUK).

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.