Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969

Assing, Volker, 2017, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. VIII. A new species from Iran, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 275-284 : 281

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5356810
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5453022
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scientific name	Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969
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Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT, 1969 View in CoL

Material examined: Saudi Arabia: 3 exs., Abha, 2000 m, 28.VIII.1982, leg. Heiss (cAss). GoogleMaps 1♂ [slightly teneral], Wadi Aziza, 18°13'N, 42°28'E, 2400 m, 17.-18.IX.1983, leg. Büttiker ( NHMB) GoogleMaps ; 14 exs., Al-Hejaz ["Hedjaz"] ( BMNH, cAss) ; 1♂, 1♀, Asir, Raydah Protectorate , 18.198°N, 42.410°E, 2440 m, 22.II.2014, leg. Sharaf (cAss) GoogleMaps .

Comment: Leptobium arabicum is distributed in Saudi Arabia, northern Yemen, and southern Israel ( ASSING 2005, 2009c); the records from Israel are missing in the latest edition of the Palaearctic Catalogue ( SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The coloration of this species is remarkably variable, that of the forebody ranges from distinctly bicoloured with the head black and the pronotum and elytra bright-reddish to uniformly reddish-brown, that of the abdominal apex from bright-reddish to reddish-brown.