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Dicronychus wittmeri Platia & Schimmel 1997
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Description
Dicronychus wittmeri Platia & Schimmel, 1997
Platia & Schimmel, 1997: 315;
Douglas et al., 2018: 301 (Coptostethus).
New distributional data: 3 spcms (CMHK, CVC)
Saudi Arabia
- 1 km W of Fatíha (17°34'47.7"N, 42°37'12.2"E), 10.-11.III.2024, M. Šárovec.
Distribution. – Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Platia & Schimmel, 1997); United Arab Emirates (Platia, 2007).
Notes
Published as part of Platia, Giuseppe & Pedroni, Guido, 2025, Five new species and new records of click beetles from Saudi Arabia with an updated catalogue (Coleoptera, Elateridae), pp. 1-12 in Faunitaxys 13 (5) on page 10, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(05), http://zenodo.org/record/15352735
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Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2024-03-10
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-03-10/11
- Scientific name authorship
- Platia & Schimmel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Dicronychus
- Species
- wittmeri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dicronychus wittmeri Platia, 1997 sec. Platia & Pedroni, 2025
References
- Platia G. & Schimmel R., 1997. - Click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Sultanate of Oman with additional new species and records from neighbouring regions. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 16: 291-318.
- Douglas H. B., Kundrata R., Janosikova D. & Bocak L., 2018. - Molecular and morphological evidence for new genera in the click-beetle subfamily Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Entomological Science, 21: 292-305. doi: 10.1111/ens.12306
- Platia G., 2007. - Order Coleoptera, family Elateridae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 1: 194-210.