taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 3)	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Oman Dhofar, Salalah, Taqah env., 4 m // 17 ° 02 ’ 04 ’’ N 54 ° 22 ’ 29 ’’ E Type Material. Holotypus, ♂ Oman Dhofar, Salalah // Taqah env., 4 m // 17 ° 02 ’ 04 ’’ N 54 ° 22 ’ 29 ’’ E // 10. VII. 2018, leg. I. Zappi (RP). Paratypi, same locality, 1 ♂ 2 ♀ (IZ), 3 ♂ 4 ♀ (RP), 1 ♀ (NMPC), 2 ♀ (NHMO); Oman // Dzhophar prov. // Mirbat env. // 3. – 4. X. 2003, alt. 0 – 5 m // St. Jakl leg., 1 ♂ 3 ♀ (NMPC) 1 ♀ (RP); Sultanate of Oman // Dhofar prov. // Taqah // 1.9.2007 / J. Horák leg., 2 ♀ (NMPC); Oman, prov. Dhophar // Takwa env. VIII. 1999 // S. Jakl lgt., at light, 3 ♀ (NMPC); Oman mer. 1999 // Taqah, ca. 20 – 30 m // 31.7. – 11.8., at light // R. Červenka lgt., 1 ♀ (NMPC); Oman: Ash Sharqiyah N. Gov. // Masirah Island, 26. x. 2019, // Hiql vill. env.; wadi, at light, // 20 ° 21.9 ’ N 58 ° 47.6 ’ E, 5 m, // J. Hájek & A. Reiter lgt., 3 ♀ 3 ♂ (NMPC), 1 ♀ 1 ♂ (RP); Oman mer., // Darbaat // 18 – 21.9.2003, // R. Červenka lgt., 2 ♀ 1 ♂ (NMPC); Oman // Dhofar region // Dellacasa M. leg. /// Al Mughsayl dint. // 16 ° 53 ’ 01 N 53 ° 46 ’ 47 E // m 30 // 27.09.2001, 1 ♂ 3 ♀ (MSNP) 3 ♀ (RP); Oman — Dhofar // Rd. 49 Taqah dint. // m 10 – 22.09.2001 // Dellacasa M. leg. 2 ♂ 1 ♀ (MSNP).	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	description	Description. Coloration: (Fig. 1) head dark brown to black, mouthparts dark brown with the apical part of mandibles black, palpi rusty yellow with only the terminal part darkened, antennae rusty yellow with the first three segments lighter. Prothorax dark grey with a longitudinal keel dark brown, elytra dark grey with the sutural marginal lighter. Legs dark brown and progressively darkening towards the tarsi, which are dark brown with the articles darkened in their apical edge. Scutellum has the same colour of elytra. Abdomen dark grey, with the last segment rusty yellow. Morphology. Head narrower than pronotum, eyes moderately protruding and slightly reniform. Space between eyes half of the head length and as large as the space between antennal bases. Head with regular and matt surface, with very small and irregular punctation. Pronotum slightly cordiform, the apical portion 1.5 times larger than the basal. Punctation sparse and deep, with a longitudinal keel in most specimens. Elytra regular, with almost straight sides, with an irregular punctation. Elytral apex moderately acuminate. Maxillary palpi with distal palpomere moderately securiform, antennae almost reaching elytral midlength, 11 - segmented with the last segment narrowed in the apical half. Abdominal segments with a shallow and sparse punctation. Abdominal sternites and sclerites covered by a long and semi-erect white pubescence. Pygidium widely rounded, last sternite slightly shorter than pygidium. Male genitalia (Fig. 2) have a typical oedemeroid tegmen and aedeagus (Švihla, 1985). The aedeagus is tubular, c-shaped and thickened in subapical portion. The basal apodeme is feebly developed. Tegmen is longer than aedeagus. Parameres are well developed, reaching approximately 1 / 3 of the length of the tegmen and carrying conspicuous setae. Sexual dimorphism. Female with shorter antennae, elytra wider especially in posterior half and generally lighter pronotum. Length: 6.2 – 8.9 mm Variability. The male paratypes show marked variability (Fig. 1 a and 1 c). The colour in some specimens is in general darker or lighter, especially the longitudinal keel of the pronotum, legs, maxillary palpi and mandibles varying from rusty yellow to dark brown. The antennae vary between flavous to rusty yellow, with the antennomeres II – IV usually lighter than the others. The punctation of the pronotum can be more scattered and in some specimens is absent or very sparse in the longitudinal keel. The density of pubescence is also variable, with some specimens almost glabrous in the median part of the head and pronotum.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From the Latin coniuncta = contemporary, agreeing, because this species was identified as new independently by the author and Vladimir Švihla, former curator of the National Museum of Prague, Czech Republic, and great taxonomist of Oedemeridae.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. The specimens from the new species were compared with the other species of the subgenus Proboxantha of the genus Probosca, in particular: Probosca (Proboxantha) fuscipennis, P. (Proboxantha) afroarabica, P. (Proboxantha) maindroni, P. (Proboxantha) marginata, P. (Proboxantha) comata, P. (Proboxantha) batesi and P. (Proboxantha) vanharteni. This species is quite different from the previous ones both in habitus and the male genitalia. The closest species are P. (Proboxantha) afroarabica (Švihla, 1984) and P. (Proboxantha) maindroni (Pic, 1935) from which it differs by the dark brown integuments (lighter in the other two species) and shape of male terminalia, in particular the median lobe that differ from the other two similar species by the following characters: a) overall shape thinner and longer, b) apical portion slightly curved, c) sub-apical portion widened and d) shorter apex. Taxonomic remarks. This species, according to the material at my disposal, must be ascribed to the subgenus Proboxantha Švihla, 1995. The characters typical of this subgenus, according to Švihla (1985) are “ body flavo-fuscous or partly metallic coloured, last segment of maxillary palpus securiform, pronotum cordiform to subcylindrical, depressions flat, surface of pronotum finely punctate, tegmen and aedeagus shorter than in Probosca s. str. ”. However, the heterogeneity of coloration and the structure of male genitalia do not allow a clear delimitation. The whole subgeneric classification of the genus Probosca probably needs detailed revision.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607341FFC32B81F8C1ECF3FE27.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and distribution. This species, as many others of the genus, seems to be associated with salty ground and halophytic plants. My colleague Iuri Zappi, who collected part of the type series, observed the individuals feeding and mating on flowers in a sandy area about 200 meters from the seashore, in August. It is possible that the species as well as Probosca (Probosca) viridana feeds on halophylous plants. However, nothing has been published on the biology of the genus Probosca so far. The distribution is limited to the coastal areas of southern Oman in the region of Dhofar (Fig. 3).	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607344FFC32B81FB4FEC06F818.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records: The species was described by Švihla (1983) from Southern Iran and then reported also for Oman (Gizan, 1926, Fernandez lgt.), Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Švihla, 2004) and United Arab Emirates (Švihla, 2008, Kubisz, 2020). Notes. Individuals of this species are attracted to light. Examples of the habitat of this species can be seen in Fig. 5 b and 5 d.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607345FFC22B81FF07EDACFB1F.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. The species was described by Švihla (1983) for Southern Iran and Oman (Musandam, Wadi Salalla, 28. iii. 1979, B. Larsen lgt.) and then reported also for United Arab Emirates and Iraq (Švihla, 2008; Kubisz, 2020). Notes. The specimens of this species can have two dark spots at the elytral apex and the frequency of individuals with this characteristic varies within the range of the species. In southern Iran the species is mostly without dark spots, while in the Arabian Peninsula there is a higher frequency of these spots. However, since individuals with or without the spots occur throughout the range and the extension of the spots is extremely variable in both areas, this morphological variation has to be considered as intraspecific variability or as a geographical cline. Individuals of this species are attracted to light. Examples of the habitat of this species can be seen in Fig. 4 b and 4 d.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607345FFC22B81FAABE807F9FF.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. As with the previous species, A. platytarsia was described by Švihla (1983) from southern Iran and Saudi Arabia and then reported also for Pakistan and Oman (Kubisz, 2020).	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607345FFC12B81F9CBEDAAFEEB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. The species was described by Švihla (1984) for Saudi Arabia and Southern Iran and then reported also for United Arab Emirates and Oman (SE Muscat, Wdi Maysh, 200 m, 23 27 N / 58 35 E, 11. – 12. iv. 1985, C. Holzschuh lgt.) (Švihla, 2008; Kubisz, 2020). Notes. Individuals of this species are attracted to light. An example of the habitat of this species can be seen in Fig. 4 a.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607346FFC12B81FEF1EE6BFD81.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. This subspecies was described by Švihla (2012) from Socotra and was previously known only from this Island. The specimen from Oman does not show any significative difference with the specimens from Socotra. The nominotypical species is distributed in southern Africa. Notes: Individuals of this species are attracted to light.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607346FFC12B81FD59EDB9FBF5.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. The species was described from Persia (Iran) (Švihla, 1983) and then reported for Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait (Švihla, 1983, 1984; Kubisz, 2020). News species for the fauna of Oman. Notes. The biotope where the specimens were found is quite peculiar, being a sandy beach with mangrove trees (Fig. 4 c).	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607347FFC02B81FE6FEE6DFCAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. The species has been reported for Saudi Arabia (Švihla, 1984), United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran (Švihla, 2008). New species for the fauna of Oman. Notes. Individuals of this species are attracted to light.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
03C36F607347FFC02B81FF07EE6DFE5B.taxon	distribution	Distribution and published records. The species has been reported for Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Švihla, 1990) and for the Afrotropical region, occurring in Somalia and Djibuti (Švihla, 1995). New species for the fauna of Oman. Notes. Individuals of this species are attracted to light.	en	Poloni, Riccardo (2022): The false-blister beetles (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) of Oman with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5162 (4): 421-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.6
