Addenda to the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with zoogeographical notes |
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| Authors: | Magdi S El-Hawagry Mostafa R Sharaf Hathal M Al Dhafer Hassan H Fadl Abdulrahman S Aldawood |
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| Institution: | 1. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt;2. Survey and Classification of Agricultural and Medical Insects in Al-Baha Province, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia;3. Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The first list of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was published in 2013 and contained a total of 582 species. In the present study, 142 species belonging to 51 families and representing seven orders are added to the fauna of Al-Baha Province, bringing the total number of species now recorded from the province to 724. The reported species are assigned to recognized regional zoogeographical regions. Seventeen of the species are recorded for the first time for KSA, namely: Platypleura arabica Myers Cicadidae, Hemiptera]; Cletomorpha sp.; Gonocerus juniperi Herrich-Schäffer Coreidae, Hemiptera]; Coranus lateritius (Stål); Rhynocoris bipustulatus (Fieber) Reduviidae, Hemiptera]; Cantacader iranicus Lis; Dictyla poecilla Drake &; Hill Tingidae, Hemiptera]; Mantispa scabricollis McLachlan Mantispidae, Neuroptera]; Cerocoma schreberi Fabricius Meloidae, Coleoptera]; Platypus parallelus (Fabricius) Curculionidae, Coleoptera]; Zodion cinereum (Fabricius) Conopidae, Diptera]; Ulidia ?ru?ceps Becker Ulidiidae, Diptera]; Atherigona reversura Villeneuve Muscidae, Diptera]; Aplomya metallica (Wiedemann); Cylindromyia sp. Tachinidae, Diptera]; Messor semirufus (André); and Nesomyrmex denticulatus (Mayr) Formicidae, Hymenoptera]. Also, the reduviid bug Dasycnemus sahlbergi Bergroth, that was questionably recorded from KSA is confirmed herein as occurring in KSA. The generic name Peirates (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) and the specific name of Apis florea Fabricius (Apidae, Hymenoptera) were inadvertently misspelled in the original list and are corrected here. Zoogeographically, the present study supports the original study conclusion that the insect species composition of Al-Baha Province is strongly affiliated with the Afrotropical Region rather than to the Palearctic Region or the Eremic Zone. Our insect surveys emphasize the fact that parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha Province, ought to be considered part of the Afrotropical Region rather than in the Palaearctic Region or the Eremic Zone. |
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| Keywords: | Palaearctic Afrotropical Eremic insect species Arabian Peninsula Tihama Al-Sarah Al-Sarawat Mountains |
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