On the basis of literature research and specimens gathered during Polish zoological expeditions to the Middle Nile Valley, a catalogue of the Nubian Tenebrionidae was compiled with 46 species and subspecies belonging to 28 genera. New distribution records for 17 species are listed, nine of which, Adesmia (Oteroscelopsis) dilatata (Klug, 1830), Pimelia (Pimelia) angulata angulata (Fabricius, 1775), Pimelia (Pimelia) derasa derasa Klug, 1830, Trachyderma (Trachyderma) genei Solier, 1836, Zophosis (Oculosis) abbreviata Solier, 1834, Adavius nodieri (Fairmaire, 1893), Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) inaequale inermipes Gridelli, 1945, Mesomorphus colasiKaszab, 1963, and Neocaedius aegyptiacus (Mulsant and Rey, 1859), are recorded in this region for the first time.
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20 September 2018
Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Nubia: Annotated Catalogue of Species, with New Data from the Bayada Desert
Marek Bunalski,
Jan Śmiełowski
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 72 • No. 3
September 2018
Vol. 72 • No. 3
September 2018
darkling beetles
distribution
Egypt
new records
Nile Valley
NORTH AFRICA
Sudan