Macrosiagon terminata (Laporte, 1840)

Batelka, Jan, 2010, A review of Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 157-166 : 160

Macrosiagon terminata (Laporte, 1840)

( Figs. 13–14 , 17–18 ) Published records. BATELKA (2007: 246): ‘ Yemen, Lahij, 3 ♀♀ ’; ‘ Yemen, Bárim Island , 2 ♀♀ ’; ‘ Yemen, Abyan, 3 ♀♀, 20.v.1967 ’; ‘ Yemen, Aden, 2 ♀♀ ’. BATELKA (2008a: 254): ‘U.A.E., Wadi Safad , 1 ex., 28.iii.2007 ’; ‘ U.A.E., Wadi Wurayah , 4 JJ 4 ♀♀, 25.iii.2007 ’.

Note. The record from Saudi Arabia ( BATELKA 2007) in fact refers to Yemen. The specimens labelled ‘S. Arabia / Abyan. / 50 m. / 20.v.1967 ’ by K. M. Guichard (BMNH) were collected in the Abyan Governorate of South Yemen, most probably on the shore of the Gulf of Aden. Some hymenopteran records (Aculeata) have been published by various authors (e.g., PATINY 2002: 43, DALY 1983: 504) based on the material from the same expedition (May 1967) and collected by the same collector in Lodar (Lawdar 13°53′N, 45°53′E), which is situated in the Abyan Governorate. However, because of the confusing labels by Guichard, locality data from this expedition have been misinterpreted elsewhere (e.g., BOLOGNA & TURCO 2007: 25). Macrosiagon terminata has not been collected in Saudi Arabia yet.

Distribution. Africa, Indian subcontinent, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Figures

Figs. 9–14. Arabian Macrosiagon. 9 – M. elegans (Marseul, 1876), male; 10 – M. bipunctata (Fabricius, 1801), female from Dhawran; 11 – M. ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775), female from Jebel Jibir; 12 – M. oberthurii (Fairmaire, 1879), female from Bahrain; 13–14 – M. terminata (Laporte, 1840), females, two colour forms from Wadi Wurayah. Not to scale.

Fig.17. Flowering bush Aerva javanica in Wadi Wurayah with Macrosiagon terminata (Laporte, 1840) (inset).

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