Histerini, Gyllenhal, 1808

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 : 22-24

Tribe Histerini

03. Margarinotus (Eucalohister) kurdistanus kurdistanus (Marseul) ( Fig. 5 ) Distribution: Kurdistan, Iran, Asia Minor, Syria, Saudi Arabia.

Chorology: SW­Asiatic.

Literature. “Arabia” ( Jakobson 1911, as Hister kurdistanus ). Saudi Arabia: “El Hahaz” [= El Hejaz] ( Lewis 1885, as Hister kurdistanus ).

Notes. “El Hahaz” locality most likely is the same as “El Hejaz”, a district of Saudi Arabia along the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula (D. Shpeley, pers. comm.). For this reason, in the distribution maps we reported this locality with a dot just above the Tropic of Cancer and just west of 40° longitude E. 04. Pactolinus latipes (Palisot de Beauvois) ( Fig. 5 )

Distribution: Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Angola, Republic of South Africa ( Gomy & Dudley 1996), Yemen ( Müller 1954).

Chorology: Afrotropical (widespread).

Literature. Yemen: Wadi Tiban [13°07’00”N 44°51’00”E], NW of Jebel Jihaf [= Jabal Jihaf], ca. 1200 m, 21.X.1937, 2 ex. ( Müller 1954, as Macrolister latipes ) .

05. Pachylister luctuosus (Marseul) ( Fig. 5 )

Distribution: Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq ( Gomy 2003, as Hister luctuosus ), Oman.

Chorology: Afrotropical (spread in E Africa).

Literature. “Arabia” ( Marseul 1854, as H. arabicus Marseul ). Saudi Arabia: Wadi Hesua near Wadi Ad Villa [?] (Asir Mts.), 600–700 m, 23.IV.1976, 2 ex. ( Kryzhanovskij 1979: 1 ex. as H. arabicus Marseul and 1 ex. as H. memnonius Erichson ); Asir Mts., Wadi Shuqub [20°43’00”N 41°19’60E], 7.IV.1983, 1 ex. ( Mazur 1994: as H. luctuosus ; Mazur 2004). Yemen: Ras al Khabb [68 km NEE of Shabwa (= Sabwa), 15°48’N 47°45’E, “a large patch of bushes in a wide basin or depression”], 19.X.1936, 1 ex. ( Müller 1954, as H. memnonius Erichson ).

Material. Yemen: Manakha E env., 15°14’14”N 43°31’17”E, 1630 m, 18.XI.2003, 3 ex. (2 ex. CHTL, 1 ex. CHPV) . Oman: Dhofar, Rd. 45– Rakhyut env., 16°45’07”N 53°24’59”E, 30 m, 30.IX.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Rd. 47– Al Mughsayl env., 16°53’71”N 53°49’01”E, 30 m, 2.X.2001, 1 ♂ ( CHFP); Dhofar, Al Mughsayl env.. W, 16°53’74”N 53°48’97”E, 40 m, 5.IX.2000, 3 ex. ( MSNTC); Dhofar, Rd. 47 ante Al Mughsayl, 16°53’75”N 53°48’96’E, 2.IX.2002, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Taqah env. E, 17°03’14”N 54°25’58”E, 20 m, 4.IX.2000, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Wadi Hinna , 17°03’20”N 54°36’56”E, 350 m, 29.IX.2001, 4 ex. (2 ex. MSNTC, 2 ex. CHPV) ; Dhofar, Wadi Darbat, Rd. to Tawy Atayr , 17°04’30”N 54°27’10”E, 330 m, 29.IX.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Wadi Darbat , 17°04’50”N 54°25’80”E, 350 m, 24.VIII.2000, 2 ex. ( MSNTC) ; ibidem, 9.IX.2000, 6 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Darbat Pool , 17°05’70”N 54°26’80”E, 220 m, 22.IX.2001, 4 ex. (2 ex. MSNTC, 2 ex. CHFP) ; ibidem, 1.IX.2002, 2 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Ain Garziz , 17°06’34”N 54°04’46”E, 140 m, 2.X.2001, 7 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Rd. to Jabal Samhan, Tawi Atayr env., 17°06’81”N 54°38’21”E, 950 m, 25.IX.2001, 2 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Teetaam env., 17°07’02”N 53°55’17”E, 1000 m, 27.IX.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Qaftawt env., 17°07’50”N 53°55’64”E, 1000 m, 27.VIII.2000, 3 ex. ( MSNTC); Dhofar, Ain Razat, 17°07’75”N 54°14’24”E, 110 m, 21.IX.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; ibidem, 27.IX.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; ibidem, 11.IX.2002, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Jabal Samhan, Hyoor env. E, 17°07’88”N 54°43’99”E, 1350 m, 14.IX.2002, 1 ex. ( MSNTC); Dhofar, Ain Sahanawt, 17°08’60”N 54°10’87”E, 1.X.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; ibidem, 7.X.2001, 2 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Jibjat env., 17°15’61”N 54°29’84”E, 950 m, 29.VIII.2000, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Qeiroon Heiritti env. W, 17°17’60”N 54°05’20”E, 720 m, 3.IX.2002, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Ain Garziz env., 17°06’29”N 54°04’35”E, 110 m, 14.III.2004, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; ibidem, 16.III.2004, Hg light trap, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Hajaif env., 17°14’45”N 54°03’58”E, 850 m, 5.III.2004, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) .

Notes. New to Oman. Mazur (2004: 171) transferred this species from Hister to Pachylister .

06. Pachylister spinipes (Marseul) ( Fig. 5 )

Distribution: Senegal, West and Central Africa, Saudi Arabia.

Chorology: Afrotropical (spread in W and Central Africa).

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Wadi Bagaigah , 22°52’N 39°52’E, 1120 m, 26.IV.1985, 1 ex. ( Mazur 1994, as Hister spinipes ) .

Notes. Hister spinipes Marseul was originally moved to the genus Pachylister by Lewis (1904), but this placement was rejected by Bickhardt (1919). From then on, the species has always been placed in the genus Hister (e.g., Mazur 1997) and only recently it has been moved again to the genus Pachylister ( Mazur 2004) .

07. Hister castus Lewis ( Fig. 6 )

Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Oman.

Chorology: undefined.

Literature. Saudi Arabia: “El Hahaz” [= El Hejaz], type ( Lewis 1885).

Material. Oman: Dhofar, Qeiroon Heiritti env. [17°17’N 54°05’E], 5 km from the village, 850 m, 27.VIII.2000, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) ; Dhofar, Al Mughsayl env. W, 16°53’74”N 53°48’97”E, 40 m, 5.IX.2000, 1 ♂ ( CHFP) ; Dhofar, Ain Garziz , 17°06’34”N 54°04’45”E, 140 m, 2.X.2001, 1 ex. ( MSNTC) .

Notes. New to Oman.

08. Hister gehini Marseul ( Fig. 6 )

Distribution: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Yemen ( Gomy 2004).

Chorology: Afrotropical (widespread).

Literature. Yemen: above Dhala [13°41’48”N 44°43’51”E], west of town, 1500– 1700 m, 14.IX.1937, 1 ex. ( Müller 1954); Wadi Sharez [a few km east of Hajjah, 15°41’36”N 43°36’11”E], II.1985, cow dung, 1 ♂ ( Gomy 2004).

Notes. In the distribution given by Gomy (2004), “ Saudi Arabia ” is reported in accordance with Mazur (1987), but it is an error due to a misunderstanding of the locality cited by Müller (Mazur, pers. comm.). In fact, the town of Dhala is located not in Saudi Arabia, but in Yemen, about 200 km south of Sana’a.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Margarinotus (E.) kurdistanus, Pactolinus latipes, Pachylister luctuosus, Pachylister spinipes.

FIGURE 6. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Hister castus, Hister gehini, Eudiplister jemensis.