Saprininae, Blanchard, 1845

Penati, Fabio & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2006, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks, Zootaxa 1157 (1), pp. 1-74 : 56-57

Subfam. Saprininae

05. Saprinus (Saprinus) ? buqueti Marseul ( Fig. 12 )

Distribution: Senegal, North and tropical Africa, Republic of South Africa (Capland).

Material. Yemen: Al Kawd [13°05’19”N 45°21’53”E], IX.2003, light trap, 1 ♀ ( CHPK) .

Notes. According to P. Kaanar (pers. comm.), this specimen is slightly different from two other specimens of S. buqueti in his collection. The specimen from Yemen is a female, so the aedeagus and the male 8 th sternite (very important for identification of Saprinus species ) could not be examined.

06. Saprinus (Saprinus) ? vatovai G. Müller ( Fig. 16 )

Distribution: Ethiopia (South Abyssinia),? Saudi Arabia.

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Fifa near Gizan [= Faifa, 17°08’38”N 43°07’09”E], 27 –

31.III.1983, 6 ex. ( Mazur 1994).

Notes. Mazur (1994: 72) writes that these specimens “… probably belong to this species”.

07. Chalcionellus sp. ( Fig. 17 )

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Khulais valley [= Khulays, 22°09’14”N 39°19’06”E], 80 km NE of Jeddah, 1997–1998 ( Al­Ghamdi 1999) .

08. Hypocacculus (Colpellus) sp. ( Fig. 19 )

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Wadi Hanifa [24°14’27”N 47°00’00”E], 1 ex. ( Kryzhanovskij 1979) .

Notes. Kryzhanovskij (1979: 184) writes that this specimen is “ ... somewhat distinct from H. (C.) praecox ”.

09. Hypocacculus (Colpellus) sp. ( Fig. 19 )

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Khulais valley [= Khulays, 22°09’14”N 39°19’06”E], 80 km NE of Jeddah, 1997–1998 ( Al­Ghamdi 1999) .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Saprinus (s. str.) aegyptiacus, S. (s. str.) bicolor, S. (s. str.)?buqueti, S. (s. str.) caerulescens.

FIGURE 16. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Saprinus (s. str.) splendens, S. (s. str.) strigil, S. (s. str.) tenuistrius, S. (s. str.)?vatovai.

FIGURE 17. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Chalcionellus geminus, Chalcionellus tunisius, Chalcionellus sp..

FIGURE 19. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Hypocacculus (C.) praecox, Hypocacculus (C.) sp., Hypocacculus (C.) sp..