The state of biodiversity in Kuwait

Abstract

This report is based on extensive literature search to reveal the elements of animal and plan biodiversity in the State of Kuwait, and points out missing information on other little-known groups. Despite its small area, Kuwait enjoys a rich fauna, given its desert and marine habitats. Hundreds of published scientific papers and reference books were reviewied to amass all species, fauna and flora, that were reported from Kuwait. Conservation status for several groups according to the IUCN listing are included.

Report of the Scientific Committee

“…The strandings included individuals judged to be adults, sub-adults, calves and neonates, leading to speculation that a resident population may occur in the area. Sightings have been recorded near Failaka Island in the north, and Al Khiran in the south (Amr, 2021;Bishop et al, 2013).…”

Survey of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Associated with some Brassicaceae Plants in Basrah Provence, Iraq

“… Common name: Brush footed Butterflies [40]; North, Central, and South America [41]; Jordon [42,43]; Turkey [44]; Syria and Armenia [45]. Pakistan [28] Azerbaijan [38] and Kuwait [46]. [40].…”

“…Pakistan [48]; Florida [47]. ; and Kuwait [46]. [40]; Jordon [42]; Turkey [51], India [67] Sri Lanka [66] ; Iran [38]; Greece [65].…”

Checklist of Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Iraq

“…Distribution: It was recorded in Iraq as Scleron sulcatum Baudi, 1876 by Shalaby et al (1967), Egypt (Elshewy et al, 2016); KSA (Abdel-Dayem et al, 2017). In Kuwait, it was listed by Amr (2021) Reitter, 1906by Derwesh (1965. Later, the subspecies L. canaliculatum canaliculatum (Fabricius, 1798) was reported by reported under the name Leichenum foveistrium Marseul, 1876 by Gebien (1910), as well Kaszab (1982) was reported Leichenum pulchellum pumilum Baudi, 1876; this subspecies was listed in Iraq by Gebien (1910) under the name Leichenum incisum Reitter, 1899.…”

“…Tribe, Tenebrionini Latreille, 1802 Genus, Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758Synonyms: Afrotenebrio Gridelli, 1951 Menedrio Motschoulsky, 1872 Tenenrio Schönherr, 1806 Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius, 1792 Distribution: Iraq (Shalaby et al, 1967). Canada (Majka et al, 2008), Malta (Lillig et al, 2012), Iran (Bunalski, 2014), Egypt (Elshewy et al, 2016), North America (Bousquet et al, 2018), Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Duftschmid, 1812 Distribution: Iraq (Ismail, and Husain, 2018);Sweden, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Poland, and Denmark (GBIF Secretariat, 2022).…”