Dicronychus brancuccii Platia & Schimmel, 1997

Platia, Giuseppe & Pedroni, Guido, 2025, Five new species and new records of click beetles from Saudi Arabia with an updated catalogue (Coleoptera, Elateridae), Faunitaxys 13 (5), pp. 1-12 : 9-10

Dicronychus brancuccii Platia & Schimmel, 1997

Platia & Schimmel, 1997: 309.

Douglas et al., 2018: 301 (Coptostethus).

New distributional data: 14 spcms. (♂ ♀) ( CMHK, CSO)

Saudi Arabia

- Asir prov., Bishah (19°29'N, 42°46'E), 1358 m, 28.III.2023, V. Major et P. Pacholátko leg. ;

- Wasiel, 45km. W. Riyadh, Tadamonia co. Farm, light trip 5A, 28.IV.2007, Otybi. Mohammad

- Wasiel, 45km. W. Riyadh, Mazin Alquarashi Farm, light trip 5B, 5.VIII. 2007, Otybi.Mohammad;

- Jobilah, 45km. W. Riyadh, Thonayan AI Tonanyan Farm, light trap 1A, 28.IV. 2007, Otybi.Mohammad;

- Jizan prov., 7 km E Addayer, 862 m, 13.XI.2023, W.Grosser;Makhah prov., 45 km S Makhah, 306 m, 6.XI.2023, W.Grosser;

- Medina pr., 105km NEof Medina, S of Fanudah vill.(25°15'23"N, 40°40'16"E), 7.-9.III.2024, M.Šárovec .

Distribution. – Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia ( Platia & Schimmel, 1997); Qatar ( Platia, 2004); United Arab Emirates ( Platia, 2007); Jordan ( Platia, 2010).