Eremotmethis carinatus (Fabricius, 1775)

(Figs. 13, 116, 177)

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: Jidda, 24.2.1926, 1♂ (Neotype), 1♀ (leg. J. Philby) (NHMUK) ; IRAN: Persia, Shiraz to Bushin, 1.5.1927, 1♂ (Paratype of Tmethis moritzi) (leg. M. M. Siazov) ; 2♀ (Paratypes of Tmethis moritzi) (NHMUK); EGYPT: Sinai, 1♂, 1♀ (ex. Coll. Staudinger) (coll. R. Ebner) (det. as Eremobia carinata Fabr.) (NMW) ; IRAN: Dehloran, 10.5.1973, 1♂ (leg. A. A. Soltani) (NHMUK); Nr. Bampur, 4.1951, 1♂, 1♀; Nr. Kerman, 5.1951, 2♂, 1♀; 25 mls. N. of Bandar Abbas, 1.4.1950, 2♂, 2♀; Iran, Lingeh, Chac Musallam, 8.4.1950, 1♂ ; Lingeh, 8.4.1950, 1♂ ; Lar, 4.5.1950, 1♂ ; nr. Kerman, 5.1951, 1♂ (all leg. G. B. Popov); Saravan, Suran, 5.1950, 2♂, 1♀ (leg. Salavatian); Tehran, Khar, 7.1949, 1♂, 1♀ (Baktasch) (NHMUK); Iran, Sabzawaran , 6.6.1950, 1♀ (Östr. Iran Exped.) (NMW); Persia, Kain, 31.5.1928, 1♂ (Holotype of Tmethis moritzi); E . Persia, Khorasan prov., 1♀ (Paratype of Tmethis moritzi) (leg. Ofshar) (ZIN) ; SYRIA: Basira, 25.5.1946, 2♀ (leg. E. S. Brown) ; Syria, 35° 10’ N, 40° 10’ E to 35° 50’ N, 40° 35’ E, 13.5.1982, 1♂; JORDAN: Jordanien, 18.6.1950, 2♀ (Östr. Iran Exped. 1950) (NMW); AFGHANISTAN: Farah, 13– 15.5.1973, 3♂, 3♀ (leg. G. B. Popov); Dashli-i- Zindenzhain, 25.7.1974, 1♀ (all in NHMUK).

Remarks. Popov (1997: 132) designated the neotype (male) from Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.