Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856

Fig. 3 B

Previous records.

Hofuf in the Eastern Province, Hedjaz (Mroczkowski 1979), and Saudi Arabia (Hagstrum and Subramanyam 2009).

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 1 ex; Jouf Province, Sakaka, Salem Al Salem Farm, 30°00'40.2"N, 40°05'58.7"E; 21. vi. 2022; SW (Parsley); A. Al Ansi et al. Leg.; M. S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; Riyadh Province, Al-Aflag, Al Naifiyah, Farshet Sheal; 22.4279°N, 46.5747°E; 612 m; 13. iv. 2015; PT (Acacia); Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. & Soliman A. Leg.; M. S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • ♀; J. Háva det.; KSMA .

Remarks.

The records from Rawdhat Khorim (Al Dhafer et al. 2016; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017) and Wadi Hanifa (Abdel-Dayem et al. 2023) should be attributed to A. vanharteni .

Distribution.

The species is locally distributed within Saudi Arabia in the central region (Riyadh Province), the eastern region (Eastern Province), and the northern region (Jouf Province) (Fig. 5). It inhabits elevations from 153 to 605 m a. s. l. Globally, its distribution spans a wide range of habitats, from deserts to temperate zones. The species is known from Europe (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sardinia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine), Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia), Asia (Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan), and North America (U. S. A.).