The tribe Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on biology and ecology

• Autorzy: Schawaller W. , Sharaf M. R. , Aldawood A. S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Cossyphodes asiricus sp. nov. is described from an isolated relict mountainous forest in the Asir Mts. in south-western Saudi Arabia. This myrmecophilous species was found in a debris chamber of a Pheidole ant nest. It differs from the Palaearctic and adjacent Ethiopian congeners mainly by the development and orientation of the pronotal and elytral keels. Paramellon sociale was collected on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula in the United Arab Emirates in a completely different, but not isolated, and distinctly drier habitat. Both species are photographed, the localities are mapped, and some notes on biology and ecology are given.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Cossyphodini; Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae; Pimeliinae; Cossyphodes; Paramellon; new species; ant; myrmecophily; Arabian Peninsula; biology; ecology

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annales Zoologici
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 61
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.439-444,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Schawaller W.

• Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany

autor

Sharaf M. R.

• Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O.Box 2460, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

autor

Aldawood A. S.

• Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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