Anthelephila macilenta (Bonadona, 1962)

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 : 357

Anthelephila macilenta (Bonadona, 1962)

Material examined. YEMEN: 1 ♀, Wadi Daw’an , NW of Al Mukalla, 15°09′N 48°26′E, 946 m, 20.x.2003, P.Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 ♀, dtto, at light, 3.iv.2007, M. Rejzek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ, 2 ♀♀, dtto, S. Kadlec leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J 1 ♀, Jabal Bura’ , NEE of Al Hudaydah, 14°52′N 43°24′E, 600 m, 30.x.–1.xi.2007, S. Kadlec leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 ♀♀, 20 km W of Lawdar , 13°53′N 45°48′E, 1101 m, 26.–27.iii.2007, S. Kadlec leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 ♀♀, dtto, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ 5 ♀♀, dtto, M. Rejzek leg. ( ZKDC, NMPC) ; 1 ♀, NW of Al Mukalla , Kawr Sayban mt., 14°37′N 49°03′E, at light, 575 m, 29.iii.2007, M. Rejzek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J, 20 km NW of Dhawran , 14°40′N 44°13′E, 1794 m, 29.x.2005, S. Kadlec leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1♀, 30 km NW At Turbah , 13°15′N 44°01′E, 1300 m, S. Kadlec leg.( ZKDC) ; 1 ♀, Jabal al Fatk , Hawf NE Al Ghaydah, 16°40′N 53°05′E, 729 m, 12.–13.x.2005, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 4 JJ 5 ♀♀, dtto, 16°39′N 53°04′E, 477 m, 31.iii.2007, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC, NMPC) ; 1 J, dtto, at light, 1.iv.2007, M. Rejzek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J, Wadi Surdud (Sari’), W of San’a’, 15°15′N 43°30′E, 627 m, 2.xi.2005, P. Kabátek leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J, Hawf NE of Albhaydah, 16°40′N 53°05′E, 200–730 m, 14.x.2005, J. Halada leg. ( ZKDC) .

Remarks. A rather widespread and common species ranging from Senegal, via Ethiopia as far as Saudi Arabia and Oman ( KEJVAL 2002). It is recorded here from Yemen for the first time. Male characters of the specimens from Oman and Saudi Arabia are figured by KEJVAL (2002).