Croscherichia goryi (Marseul, 1870)

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 : 14

Croscherichia goryi (Marseul, 1870)

Distribution. Distributed in eastern Sudan (and generically recorded also from Egypt), Syria, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, northwestern India. New for the U.A.E., even if it was probably recorded by Gillet & Gillet (2005), who published one picture of this Croscherichia as Mylabris bipunctata (Olivier) (see also Hycleus pirata n.sp.).

New records. Saudi Arabia: Arabia , 1 ex. ( BMNH) .

U.A.E.: Ras Al Khaimah Emirate, EA1, road E11 crossroad to the International Airport , 25,66708° N 55,76770° E, 5–10 m a.s.l., 11.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 2 ex., on Asteraceae with yellow flowers ( CB) . Ras Al Khaimah Emirate, Diqdāqah (as Digdagga), 15.v.1992, 1 ex. ( CB) ; Jebel Qatar?, 30.v.1985? J.N.B. Brown coll. 1 ex. ( BMNH) .