Ripiphorus arabiafelix Batelka, 2009

Batelka, Jan, 2010, A review of Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 157-166 : 163

Ripiphorus arabiafelix Batelka, 2009

( Figs. 15–16 , 18 )

Published records. BATELKA (2009: 156): ‘ Yemen, Aden, 1 J, HOLOTYPE’ ; ‘ Yemen, Lahij, 2 JJ 5 ♀♀ ’; ‘ Yemen, Lahij, 1 J 1 ♀, iv.1999 ’; ‘ Yemen, Wadi Anis , 3 ♀♀, 7.x.2005 ’; ‘ Yemen, Jabal al Fatk , 1 ♀, 16.x.2005 ’; ‘ Oman, Dhofar, Salalah , 1 J 2 ♀♀, 21.ix.1977 ’; ‘ Oman, Dhofar, Qara Hills , 1 ♀, 22.ix.1977 ’; all PARATYPES.

New record. OMAN: 1 ♀ (MSNTC), ‘OMAN 2002 – Dhofar / Road Marbat - Sadh / 17°04’.02N 54°52’.49E / 10.IX – mt. 110 / leg. F. Strumia // Museo di Storia / Naturalle e del / Territorio / Universita di Pisa / Calci (Pisa) – Italy [printed]’.

Figures

Figs. 15–16. Ripiphorus arabiafelix Batelka, 2009; paratypes from Lahij. 15 – male; 16 – female. Not to scale.

Fig. 18. Distribution of the Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula.