Campsomeriella thoracica (Fabricius, 1787)

Specimens examined: UAE: Al-Ain, lake 17 km SW of, 6♂, 13.i.201 1, leg. CSE. Sharjah, 4♂, 12.iv.2011, leg. AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 2♂, 25.v.2008, leg. AvH. Wadi Bih (dam), 6♂, 19.iii.2009, leg. CSE; 1♂, 2♀, 29.xi.2009, leg. AvH; 1♂, 19.i.2010, leg. AvH; 1♂, 3♀, 13.i.2011, leg. CSE. YEMEN: Manakhah, 12 km NW of, 5♂, 21.viii.2001, leg. AvH. Suq Bani Mansour, ♂, 28.vii.2001, leg. AvH.

Remarks: The females in Wadi Bih were collected on flowering Citrus trees. Distribution: Northern Africa to Arabia and Iran, southern Europe.