Paromalini, Reitter, 1909

Penati, Fabio & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2006, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks, Zootaxa 1157 (1), pp. 1-74 : 29-30

Tribe Paromalini

16. Carcinops (Carcinops) troglodytes (Paykull) ( Fig. 8 )

Distribution: West Indies, South America, Madeira Is., Canary Is., Senegal, Guinea­ Bissau, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Zaire), Ethiopia, South Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Is., Maurice Is., Seychelles (?), India, Indonesia ( Gomy 1983), Tahiti Is. ( Gomy 1981), Saudi Arabia ( Mazur 1994).

Chorology: Subcosmopolitan.

Literature. Saudi Arabia: Jeddah [= Jiddah, 21°31’01”N 39°13’09”E], XII.1983, 1 ex. ( Mazur 1994) .

17. Diplostix cavifrons G. Müller ( Fig. 8 )

Distribution: Ethiopia (= Abyssinia), Malawi, Yemen ( Gomy 2004).

Chorology: Afrotropical (spread in E Africa).

Literature. Yemen, Wadi Dhabab [= Wadi Dhabah, 13°55’00”N 44°15’00”E], XI.1984, 1 ♀ ( Gomy 2004) .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Distribution of the Histeridae in the Arabian Peninsula. Atholus pirithous, A. scutellaris, Carcinops (s. str.) troglodytes, Diplostix cavifrons.