Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Dicronychus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dhafer, Hathal M. Al; Platia, Giuseppe

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“…The flora and fauna of these unique habitats are under constant threat due to increased anthropogenic activities ( Al-Nafie 2007 ; Al-Qarawi 2011 ). However, relatively little is known about their insect fauna (e.g., Al Dhafer and Platia 2013 , Al Dhafer et al 2016 ; Sharaf et al 2013 ; Alqarni et al 2015 ; Abdel-Dayem et al 2015 , 2016 ) that contribute to the faunal biodiversity of KSA .…”

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“…( Tag El-Din et al 1994 ; Al-Farraj et al 1997 ; Alfarhan 2001 ; Al-Qarawi 2011 ). Recent studies of the insects occurring in RKNP have revealed several new taxa, Coleoptera : Dicronychus latifahae ( Elateridae ) ( Al Dhafer and Platia 2013 ); Reichardtiolus aldhaferi ( Histeridae ) ( Lackner 2014 ); Boromorphus saudicus ( Tenebrionidae ) ( Schawaller et al 2013 ); and Hymenoptera : Tetramorium saudicum ( Formicidae ) ( Sharaf et al 2013 ).…”

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The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia

Abdel-Dayem¹,

Fad²,

El-Torkey³

et al. 2017

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This study was conducted as a part of a comprehensive baseline survey of insect biodiversity of Rawdhat Khorim National Park (RKNP), Central Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). During this study a total of 262 Coleoptera species belong to 182 genera in 35 families were identified, of which 247 are named at a species level. Fifteen species (6.0%) are apparently endemic to KSA. Thirty-eight species are new to the known beetle fauna of KSA, including 25 species reported from the Arabian Peninsula for the first time. The families Tenebrionidae (45 species), Scarabaeidae (34 species), and Carabidae (27 species) were the most species rich families. About 37% of the beetle abundance was represented by species of Scarabaeidae, especially Aphodius ictericus ghardimaouensis Balthasar. Karumia inaequalis Pic (Dascillidae) was also an abundant species. Approximately 43.5% of beetle species collected during this study are considered very rare taxa in RKNP. The RKNP beetle fauna shows more affinity to Sahro-Arabian (36.4%), Afrotropical- RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A peer-reviewed open-access journalMahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem et al. / ZooKeys 653: 1-78 (2017) 2 Sahro-Arabian (17.4%) and Palaearctic-Sahro-Arabian (10.5%). Twenty-three species (9.3%) are considered cosmopolitan or subcosmopolitan. The data on month of collection, method of collection, and abundance status within RKNP, together with the distribution within KSA and the general distribution (zoogeography) of each species are presented.

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The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia

Abdel-Dayem¹,

Fad²,

El-Torkey³

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“…The generic compositions of the tribes and subfamilies treated in this study are as follows: Agrypnini sensu Hayek (1973Hayek ( , 1979 Agrypninae, but excluding Lanelater Arnett, 1952), with genera added by Chassain (1983), Gurjeva (1987) and Arias-Bohart (2014), and changes by Gurjeva (1977), Cate et al (2007), and Girard (2017); Anaissini sensu Golbach (1984), including Alampina of Costa (1975); Euplinthini sensu Costa (1975), with changes by Johnson (2002b) and Arias-Bohart and Elgueta (2012); Drilini sensu Bocak (2011, 2017); Hemirhipini sensu Casari (2008;but excluding Anthracalaus Fairmaire, 1888), with changes by Patwardhan et al (2009), Schimmel and Tarnawski (2012), and Arimoto and Arimoto (2017); Oophorini sensu Johnson (1995Johnson ( , 1997 and Cate et al (2007), with changes by Calder (1996), Platia (2007Platia ( , 2012, and Girard (2017); Pseudomelanactini sensu Johnson (2002a); Pyrophorini sensu Costa (1975), plus Metapyrophorus Campyloxeninae sensu Costa (1975), plus Malalcahuello Arias-Bohart, 2015; Hemiopinae sensu Lawrence et al (1999), with an additional genus transferred there by Douglas (2011); Lissominae sensu Lawrence and Arias (2009) and Arias-Bohart (2013), but excluding Oestodinae (see Kundrata et al 2016); Oestodinae sensu…”

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“…Various suprageneric classifications have been proposed for the family, and also generic limits often considerably vary between different authors (e.g., Fleutiaux 1947a;Hayek 1973;Gurjeva 1974a, b;Dolin 1975;Stibick 1979;Calder 1996;Sánchez-Ruiz 1996;Cate et al 2007;Costa et al 2010;Kundrata et al 2018a). Although recent catalogues are available for some world regions (e.g., Golbach 1994, Calder 1996, Cate et al 2007, Arias-Bohart and Elgueta 2012, Zapata and Sánchez-Ruiz 2012, Aguirre-Tapiero and Johnson 2014, Johnson and Chaboo 2015, Platia and Ghahari 2016, Girard 2017, Tarnawski et al 2018 or for certain suprageneric groups (e.g., Schimmel 1999Schimmel , 2003Schimmel , 2004Schimmel , 2005Tarnawski 1996Tarnawski , 2001Schimmel et al , 2016Schimmel and Tarnawski 2009, 2012Douglas 2017; Kubaczkova and Kundrata 2017;Kundrata et al 2018b, c), a comprehensive catalogue of the world Elateridae fauna is not available. Therefore, many recent studies on Elateridae still follow works by Candèze (1857Candèze ( , 1859Candèze ( , 1860Candèze ( , 1863Candèze ( , 1891, Schwarz (1906a…”

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World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae

Kundrata¹,

Kubaczkova²,

Prosvirov³

et al. 2019

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In this first part of the World catalogue of genus-group names in Elateridae, a nomenclatural review of the genera belonging to ten subfamilies is provided. All names are given with author name, year, and page of publication, type species, and type fixation. We list 132 valid genera in Agrypninae, 2 in Campyloxeninae, 4 in Hemiopinae, 11 in Lissominae, 2 in Oestodinae, 8 in Parablacinae, 2 in Physodactylinae, 2 in Pityobiinae, 1 in Subprotelaterinae, and 7 in Tetralobinae. GeneraAnathesisCandèze, 1865,AntitypusCandèze, 1882,ChrostusCandèze, 1878,DorygonusCandèze, 1859 (with subgenus Rygodonus Fleutiaux, 1932), andMacromaloceraHope, 1834 are tentatively placed as Agrypninaeincertae sedis.ParadrapetesvillosusFleutiaux, 1895 is designated as the type species forParadrapetesFleutiaux, 1895. Two new genera are proposed based on species previously incorrectly used as type species forAbiphisFleutiaux, 1926 andLycoreusCandèze, 1857. These genera areNeoabiphisKundrata & Bouchard,gen. n.(type species:ElaternobilisIlliger, 1800) andNeolycoreusKundrata & Bouchard,gen. n.(type species:L.regalisCandèze, 1857), respectively. The following new combinations are proposed for species hitherto included inAbiphisFleutiaux, 1926:Neoabiphiscandezei(Alluaud, 1896),comb. n.,N.fairmairei(Fleutiaux, 1903),comb. n.,N.goudoti(Fleutiaux, 1942),comb. n.,N.insignis(Klug, 1833),comb. n.,N.nobilis(Illiger, 1800),comb. n., andN.viettei(Girard, 1966),comb. n.The following new combinations are proposed for species hitherto included inLycoreusCandèze, 1857:Neolycoreusalluaudi(Candèze, 1900),comb. n.,N.corpulentus(Candèze, 1899),comb. n.,N.cyclops(Candèze, 1865),comb. n.,N.decorsei(Fleutiaux, 1903),comb. n.,N.dux(Candèze, 1857),comb. n.,N.goudotii(Laporte, 1838),comb. n.,N.madagascariensis(Gory, 1832),comb. n.,N.oculipennis(Fairmaire, 1903),comb. n.,N.orbiculatus(Schwarz, 1901),comb. n.,N.regalis(Candèze, 1857),comb. n.,N.sicardi(Fleutiaux, 1942),comb. n.,N.triangularis(Fleutiaux, 1942),comb. n.,N.triocellatus(Laporte, 1838),comb. n., andN.vicinus(Fleutiaux, 1942),comb. n.The following new combinations are proposed for species hitherto incorrectly included inPlectrosternusLacordaire, 1857:Legnarufa(Lacordaire, 1857),comb. n.,L.convexa(Vats, 1991),comb. n.,L.coolsi(Schimmel, 1996),comb. n., andL.foveata(Patwardhan & Athalye, 2012),comb. n.This research revealed a nomenclatural problem threatening the stability of the well-established valid genus nameAdeloceraLatreille, 1829. An application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature will be necessary in this case to maintain stability. Additionally, we act here as First Revisers (ICZN 1999, Art. 24.2) in giving precedence toLucariusGistel, 1848 (Staphylinidae) overLucariusGistel, 1848 (Elateridae).

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World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters

Douglas¹

2017

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The prior genus-level classification of Cardiophorinae had never been assessed phylogenetically, and not revised since 1906. A phylogeny for Cardiophorinae and Negastriinae is inferred by Bayesian analyses of 163 adult morphological characters to revise the generic classification. Parsimony analysis is also performed to assess the sensitivity of the Bayesian results to the choice of optimality criterion. Bayesian hypothesis testing rejected monophyly for: Negastriinae; Cardiophorinae (but monophyletic after addition of four taxa); Cardiophorini; cardiophorine genera Aphricus LeConte, 1853; Aptopus Eschscholtz, 1829; Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1829; Cardiotarsus Eschscholtz, 1836; Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 1895; Phorocardius Fleutiaux, 1931; Dicronychus sensu Platia, 1994; Dicronychus sensu Méquignon, 1931; Craspedostethus sensu Schwarz, 1906 (i.e., including Tropidiplus Fleutiaux, 1903; Paracardiophorus sensu Cobos, 1970, although well-supported alternative classifications were available for only some. Based on taxonomic interpretation of phylogenetic results: Nyctorini is syn. n. of Cardiophorini; Globothorax Fleutiaux, 1891 (Physodactylinae), Margogastrius Schwarz, 1903 (Physodactylinae), and Pachyelater Lesne, 1897 (Dendrometrinae) are transferred to Cardiophorinae. The following changes are proposed for cardiophorine genera: Aptopus Eschscholtz, 1829 is redefined to exclude Horistonotus-like species; Coptostethus Wollaston, 1854 is subgenus of Cardiophorus; Dicronychus Brullé, 1832 and Diocarphus Fleutiaux, 1947, Metacardiophorus Gurjeva, 1966, Platynychus Motschulsky, 1858, and Zygocardiophorus Iablokoff-Khnzorian and Mardjanian, 1981 are placed at genus rank; Paracardiophorus Schwarz, 1895 is redefined based on North American and Eurasian species only; Horistonotus Candèze, 1860 redefined to include species with multiple apices on each side of their tarsal claws; Patriciella Van Zwaluwenburg, 1953 is syn. n. of Fleutiaux, 1903. A key to genera and diagnoses are provided for all genera and subgenera. A bibliographic synonymy includes references for all taxonomic changes to genera and new species through 2015. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity research

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Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Dicronychus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia

The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia

World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae

World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters

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