The Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810 of southwestern Saudi Arabia with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)
Aldhafer, Iftekhar Rasool1, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem1,2, Ron F.F.L. Felix3, Hathal M. . 2018
In this paper, species of the subtribe Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810 from southwestern Saudi Arabia are
revised. Eleven species in six genera (Calodromius, Dromius, Mesolestes, Metadromius, Microlestes, and
Zolotarevskyella) are recognized. Dromius saudiarabicus Rasool, Abdel-Dayem and Felix, sp. n. is newly
described species from Rayda Nature Reserve Asir province. The presence of Metadromius ephippiatus in
Saudi Arabia is doubtful. A key is also provided to genera and species level for Dromiusina of Saudi Arabia.
The Anaphothrips genus-group is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the
first time. Nine species are recorded in four genera, Aptinothrips
Haliday, Anaphothrips Uzel, Eremiothrips Priesner…
Two genera Dendrothrips Uzel and Pseudodendrothrips Schmutz are recorded from Saudi Arabia. A key is provided to
eight members of Dendrothrips that have antennae with 9-segments and D.…
The subfamily Sericothripinae Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is recorded for the first time from the Saudi Arabian
fauna. Four species belonging to two genera, Hydatothrips Karny and…