Croscherichia sonyae ( Kaszab, 1983 )

Bologna, Marco A. & Turco, Federica, 2007, The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist, Zootaxa 1625 (1), pp. 1-33 : 15

Croscherichia sonyae ( Kaszab, 1983)

Distribution. Recorded only from the type locality in eastern Saudi Arabia; new for the U.A.E.

New records. U.A.E.: Swethan (?), 11.iv.1986 1 ex. ( BMNH) . Near Bir Asakir (?), 28.ix.1956, D. J. Greathead coll. 2 exx. ( BMNH; CB) .

Remarks. This species, described in Mylabris (Gorrizia) (a taxon presently referred to Hycleus ), was referred to the genus Croscherichia by Bologna & Pinto (2002). Actually this placement needs confirmation, because the mesosternum and aedeagus are typical of this genus, as well as the elytral pattern, antennal and protibial setation of female. However, the species is strongly distinct by the male tibial and antennal features described by Kaszab (1983), by the external hind spur not greatly thickened but only spoon-like, and the female protarsi very short and robust, differently than in other Croscherichia .