Thorictus castaneus Germar, 1834

Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Fad, Hassan H., El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Elgharbawy, Ali A., Aldryhim, Yousif N., Kondratieff, Boris C., Ansi, Amin N. Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2017, The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 653, pp. 1-78 : 35

Thorictus castaneus Germar, 1834

World distribution.

Asia: SY. North Africa: DZ, EG, LY, MA. New to Arabian Peninsula.

General distribution.

SAR.

Collecting month and method.

Very rare species. It was collected by PT under the canopies of Acacia gerrardii , Calotropis procera and Lycium shawii during IV-VI.