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).