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Boromorphus saudicus sp n., a new record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Boromorphini)
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Boromorphus saudicus sp n., a new record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Boromorphini)

Wolfgang Schawaller, Hathal M. Al Dhafer and Hassan H. Fadl
Zoology in the Middle East, Vol.59(2), pp.148-151
01/01/2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2013.810878

Abstract

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Boromophus saudicus sp. n. (subfamily Pimeliinae Latreille, 1802, tribe Boromorphini Skopin, 1978) is described from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Rawdhat Khorim, Riyadh Province). This finding represents the first record of the genus Boromorphus Wollaston, 1854 from the Arabian Peninsula. The species was collected from Acacia trees and from pitfall traps.

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