Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856

Háva, Jiří, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The subfamily Attageninae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1243, pp. 107-130 : 107-130

Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856

Fig. 3 B

Previous records.

Hofuf in the Eastern Province, Hedjaz ( Mroczkowski 1979), and Saudi Arabia ( Hagstrum and Subramanyam 2009).

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 1 ex; Jouf Province, Sakaka, Salem Al Salem Farm , 30°00'40.2"N, 40°05'58.7"E; 21. vi. 2022; SW (Parsley); A. Al Ansi et al. Leg.; M. S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; Riyadh Province, Al-Aflag, Al Naifiyah, Farshet Sheal ; 22.4279°N, 46.5747°E; 612 m; 13. iv. 2015; PT (Acacia); Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. & Soliman A. Leg.; M. S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • ♀; J. Háva det.; KSMA .

Remarks.

The records from Rawdhat Khorim ( Al Dhafer et al. 2016; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017) and Wadi Hanifa ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2023) should be attributed to A. vanharteni .

Distribution.

The species is locally distributed within Saudi Arabia in the central region (Riyadh Province), the eastern region (Eastern Province), and the northern region (Jouf Province) (Fig. 5 ). It inhabits elevations from 153 to 605 m a. s. l. Globally, its distribution spans a wide range of habitats, from deserts to temperate zones. The species is known from Europe ( Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sardinia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine), Africa ( Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia), Asia ( Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan), and North America ( U. S. A.).

Figures

Figure 3. Dorsal habitus A – G Attagenus species A A. kadleci Háva, 2012 female B A. lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856 female C A. logunovi Háva, 2015 D A. posticalis Fairmaire, 1878 E A. A. scalaris (Pic, 1894) F A. vanharteni Háva, 2009 G A. yemensis Háva & Herrmann, 2014 H Telopes tessellatus Reitter, 1887 male I T. tessellatus Reitter, 1887 female.

Figure 5. Distribution map of Attagenus species in Saudi Arabia: A. chakouri, A. cyphonoides, A. fasciatus, A. jakli, A. kadleci, A. lobatus, A. logunovi, and A. lynx.