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Piochardia oberthuri

Description

Piochardia oberthuri (FAUVEL 1878)

Material examined: Saudi Arabia: 1♀, Khamis Mushayt, W Ben Hashbal, 18°35'41''N, 42°39'01''E, 1890 m, 26.IV.2011, leg. Sharaf (cAss).

Comment: Species of Piochardia HEYDEN 1870 are associated with ants of the genus Cataglyphis FÖRSTER. The previously known distribution of P. oberthuri was confined to North Africa from Algeria in the west to Libya in the east (ASSING 1999). The above specimen considerably expands the distribution towards the east. It was found in association with Cataglyphis holgerseni COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996 (det. Sharaf). The nest was built in sandy dry soil under a large rock.

Notes

Published as part of Assing, V., Schülke, M., M. R & A. S, 2013, On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 141-154 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1) on pages 143-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5341014

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Piochardia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
FAUVEL
Species
oberthuri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Piochardia oberthuri (FAUVEL, 1878) sec. Assing, Schülke, R & S, 2013

References

  • ASSING V. (1999): A revision of the genus Piochardia HEYDEN, 1870 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 101 B: 277 - 301.