Anthelephila caeruleipennis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)

Kejval, Zbyněk & Cz, Domažlice, 2012, Studies on the genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). 12. Review of the species from Yemen, including Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 347-363 : 353

Anthelephila caeruleipennis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)

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Material examined. YEMEN: 1 J, ‘ Sh. Othman env. ( Wa di)’ v.1985, Materlik leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J, 20 ♀♀, Wadi as-Sudd, 10 km W of Ma’rib, 15°24′N 45°16′E, 1117 m, 8.x.2005, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J, dtto, J. Halada leg. ( ZKDC); 11 ♀♀, dtto, M. Rejzek leg.( BMNH) ; 1J 1♀, Wadi Daw’an , NW of Al Mukalla, 15°09′N 48°26′E, 946 m, 20.x.2005, P. Kabátek leg.( ZKDC) ; 3♀♀, dtto, M. Rejzek leg. ( BMNH) ; 1♀, Lawdar , NE of Adan, 13°53′N 45°48′E, 1145 m, 22.x.2005, M. Rejzek leg.( BMNH) ; 3♀♀, 20 km W of Lawdar , 13°53′N 45°48′E, 1101 m, 26.–27.iii.2007, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 4JJ 14 ♀♀, dtto, M. Rejzek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 ♀♀, 50 km NE of Aden, 7 km NNW Zinjibar, Wadi Bana , 13°09′69′′N 45°19′46′′E, 50 m, A. Bischof, J. Bittermann, M.Fibiger, H. Hacker, H. Peks & H-P. Schreier leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 ♀♀, SE of Sunak Saywun , 15°41′N 48°52′E, 10.x.2005, J. Halada leg. ( ZKDC) .

Remarks. A common and rather widely distributed species. In Yemen recorded from Mukeiras, Al Huseini, and Lahij ( PIC & HAWKINS 1957, HILLE 1977).

Figures

Figs. 17–24. Anthelephila spp., body in dorsal view. 17 – A. anceyi rathjensi (Pic, 1957), female, Wadi Zabid; 18 – A. bispilifasciata bispilifasciata (Pic, 1897), female, Turbah; 19 – same species, male, Lawdar; 20 – A. caeruleipennis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849), male, Lawdar; 21 – A. paolii (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928), male, Sana’a; 22 – A. pilitarsis sp. nov., holotype; 23 – A. praefecta sp. nov., paratype, female, Jabal Bura; 24 – A. walkeri (Pic, 1895), male, Al Mukalla.