Horia fabriciana Betrem, 1929

Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica, 2007, The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist, Zootaxa 1625 (1), pp. 1-33 : 30

Horia fabriciana Betrem, 1929

Distribution. Widely distributed in the eastern and northeastern Africa and through the Arabian Peninsula (recorded from Saudi Arabia and Yemen), east to the Indian subcontinent. New for the U.A.E.

New records. Saudi Arabia: Red Sea coasts, 1849, Arnaud coll. 1 ex. ( MNHN); Zebib env., 1853, Arnaud coll. 1 ex ( MNHN) .

U.A.E.: Al Aïn (?), Farm Fujira, 20.11.2003, Arwa coll. 1 ex. ( University of Al Aïn , Department of Biology Insect Collection) together with 3 specimens of Xylocopa sp. (black or with yellow pronotum), possible hosts .