Diplocladus arabicus Gerstmeier & Weiss

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 9

Diplocladus arabicus Gerstmeier & Weiss , n. sp.

( Figs. 3 , 37 –38)

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Arabia: Taif., 11.ix.1934., H.St.J.B. Philby., B.M. 1934-536, Specimens ref. in Menier, 1986, Fauna of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 8 ( BMNH).

Paratypes: Arabia: Taif., 9.ix.1934., H.St.J.B. Philby., B.M. 1934-536, Diplocladus sp., J.J. Menier det., Specimens ref. in Menier, 1986, Fauna of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 8 (1 ƤƤ, BMNH); Namas IV.1980, 2380 m, S a u d i A r a b i a, G. Vo g e l, (1 Ƥ, MNHN).

Length: 12mm – 14.9mm (3 specimens).

Head: Red-brown; more or less densely punctate.

Antennae: Red-brown; almost reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside. Pronotum: Light red-brown; anterior half subparallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; disc conspicuously wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.54:1.

Scutellum: Red-brown.

Elytra: Basal third to half red-brown, each elytron with a very faint whitish lateral spot in the basal third, remainder black with white transverse fasciae beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, punctures within fasciae small and sparsely distributed, behind fasciae impunctate; length:width ratio 2.53:1.

Legs: Red-brown.

Lower surface: Head and thorax light brown to red-brown, abdomen dark brown. Vestiture: With whitish, to reddish (on elytra), hairs.

Distribution: Saudi Arabia.

Etymology: Named after the region of its occurrence.

Figures

FIGURE 3: Diplocladus arabicus n. sp.; FIGURE 4: Diplocladus bipunctatus n. sp.; FIGURE 5: Diplocladus compactus n. sp.; FIGURE 6: Diplocladus ebureofasciatus n. sp.; FIGURE 7: Diplocladus kuwerti; FIGURE 8: Diplocladus louvelii.

FIGURE 37: D. arabicus, aedeagus, terminal sternite FIGURE 38: D. arabicus, distribution map. and tergite.