New faunistic records of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia) from Oman

Ali Al-Jahdhami; Shadia Al-Rijeibi; Asma Al-Jaradi; Ali Al-Raeesi

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec03031

Authors

Ali Al-Jahdhami Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Department of plant protection, Samad Ashan, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1204-0491
Shadia Al-Rijeibi Oman Botanical Garden, Department of plant protection, Al Khoudh, ASeeb https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-5637
Asma Al-Jaradi Oman Botanical Garden, Department of plant protection, Al Khoudh, ASeeb https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6365-8510
Ali Al-Raeesi Sultan Qaboos University, Department of plant science, Alkhoudh, ASeeb https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5695-8160

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03031

Keywords:

Weevil, beetle, Coleoptera, distribution, Arabian Peninsula

Abstract

This communication reports on records of fourteen species and three morphospecies from Oman. Squamapion sp., Nanophyes sp., Schoenherr, 1838, Hoplopodapion tibesticola (Alonso-Zarazaga, 1983), Aegyptobaris arctithorax (Pic, 1899), Eumycterus albosquamulatus Boheman, 1838, Proeces filum (Marshall, 1933), Rhamphus micros Colonnelli, 2009, Sharpia sabulicola Colonnelli, 2009, Smicronyx (Smicronyx) rufipennis Tournier, 1874, Amblyrhinus cylindricollis Magnano, 2009, Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Faust, 1891, Cosmogaster cordofanus (Fåhraeus, 1842), Hypolixus nubilosus (Boheman, 1836), Microlarinus irregularis Colonnelli, 2009 are from northen Oman and Araecerus sp., Cylindroides bifasciatus (Quedenfeldt, 1887), Orfilaia arabica (Muizon, 1954) from Dhofar in southern Oman.

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