Attagenus cyphonoides Reitter, 1881

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 cyphonoides Reitter, 1881

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Previous records.

Saudi Arabia ( Hagstrum and Subramanyam 2009); Saudi Arabia ( Háva 2015 b).

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Shaqra ; 17. ii. 1978; (Mill waste); J. Háva det.; KSMA .

Distribution.

Confined to the arid region of central Saudi Arabia, particularly in Riyadh Province (Fig. 5 ) at an elevation of 709 m a. s. l. The species is known from Europe, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Australia: Queensland (introduced).

Figures

Figure 2. Dorsal habitus of Attagenus species A A. aristidis (Pic, 1894) B A. barbieri Pic, 1942 C A. beali Zhantiev, 2005 D A. chakouri Pic, 1907 male E A. A. chakouri Pic, 1907 female F A. cyphonoides Reitter, 1881 female G, H A. fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) I A. jakli Háva, 2021.

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.