Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) sellatus Klug, 1845

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Literature quotes. SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Province, “ Riyadh ” (Zunino 1979). YEMEN: Taiz Governorate, “Jabal Sabir” (Paulian 1948).

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Province, Deirab, 22.ix.1990, Salem leg. 2 exx. (SZCM) ; ibidem, 31.x.1989, 2 ♀♀ (KSMA); Diriyah, 654 m (24.74141°N 46.56189°E) 24.x.2015, M.T. Amari leg. 1 ♂ (KSMA) ; Riyadh, ii.1988, 3 ♀♀ (KSMA); ibidem, iii.1989, 1 ♀ (KSMA); ibidem, iv.2003, 1 ♀ (KSMA); ibidem, x.1980, 2 ♀♀ (KSMA); ibidem, x.1989, Salem leg. 1 ♀ (KSMA); ibidem, 6.xii.2006, 1 ♂ (KSMA); Wadi Hanifa, 580 m (24.60534°N 46.698402°E), 29.iv.2015, PT, M. Abdel-Dayem et al. leg. 2 ♂♂ (KSMA) . OMAN: Dhofar Governorate, Salalah, 28.ii.1989, M. D. Gallagher leg. 1 ex. (SOIC) ; Taqah, env., 23 m (1703′14N 5425′58E), 4.ix.2000, M. Dellacasa leg. 1 ex. (MSNC) .

Distribution. Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia (Zunino 1979), Yemen (Paulian 1948). North Africa: Egypt, Libya (Baraud 1985). Africa: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, São Tom and Príncipe, Sudan, (d’Orbigny 1913a), Congo (Balthasar 1967), Mozambique (Gomes Alves 1944). Asia: Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria (Ziani & Bezděk 2016).

Remarks. First record for Oman. Kabakov (2006) included O. sellatus in the subgenus Furconthophagus . Two years later Zunino & Halffter (2008) uncritically quoted Kabakov’s nomenclatural act but apparently confirmed it. The same subgeneric placement is tentatively followed in this paper.