Lyttonyx bicolor (Walker, 1871)

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1625.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BB259DD-7895-44CB-82D6-0C7905049320
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5103286
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB4051-D642-DC09-229F-F956B6B16285
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lyttonyx bicolor (Walker, 1871)
status

Treatment

Distribution. Saharo-Sindian species, distributed from Morocco to Egypt through Sahara, southern Israel and Sinai, Iran and Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman). Previously cited from U.A.E. by Gillet & Gillet (1996) and Gillet & Gillet (2005).

New records. Saudi Arabia: Wadi Duram , 9.v.1976, W. Büttiker coll. 1 ex. ( CB) .

U.A.E.: Sharjah Emirate, EA3, 6,3 Km N Mileiha on W detour, 1,2 Km from crossroad, 25,19188° N 55,90548° E 150 m a.s.l., 11.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. GoogleMaps 5 exx., on Eremobium aegyptiacum (CB) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, EA10, Al Aïn, 3–4 Km E Al Selimat on road Al Aïn-Abu Dhabi, 24,19263° N 55,58861° E, 220 m a.s.l., 12.iii.2005 M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 1 ex. GoogleMaps , on Eremobium aegyptiacum (CB) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, Al Aïn Road , 15. IV.1983, J.N.B. Brown coll. 1 ex. ( BMNH) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, EA4, Al Bateen dunes, 4 Km W Al Aïn on the road to Abu Dhabi, 24,20491° N 55,61263° E, 195 m a.s.l., 15.iii.2005, M. Bologna & F. Turco coll. 1 ex. GoogleMaps , on Tribulus omanense (CB) . Abu Dhabi Emirate, Suweihan Road , 20.iv.1984, J.N.B. Brown coll. 1 ex. ( BMNH) .

Remarks. The numerous synonyms of this species are due to its great colour variability. The specimens from the U.A.E. are characterized by variable extensions of black colouration of the head.