Acanthoglossa crassa COIFFAIT 1979: 144 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀: " Wadi Marba, Khamis M. 2050 m, 17.4. / Saudi Arab. 1976, Wittmer, Büttiker / Type / Acanthoglossa crassa H. Coiffait 1978 " (NHMB).

C o m m e n t s: The original description is based on a single female from "Wadi Marba, Khamis Bushayt" (COIFFAIT 1979). The holotype is undoubtedly congeneric with A. hirta and A. punica. If, indeed, it is even conspecific with the latter is a question that can only by answered when males become available from Saudi Arabia. The holotype of A. crassa is highly similar to the female of A. punica seen from Chad; it is distinguished only by the somewhat darker coloration and by the slightly smaller pronotum. For illustrations of the habitus and the forebody see Figs 16-17. The species is currently known only from the type locality (Map 2).