Attagenus vanharteni Háva, 2009

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 vanharteni Háva, 2009

Fig. 3 F

Previous records.

The species was previously reported from Hofuf ( Mroczkowski 1979 and Rhawdet Khorim ( Al Dhafer et al. 2016; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017) under the name A. fasciolatus .

Material examined.

126 specimens listed in Suppl. material 1.

Remarks.

Mroczkowski (1979) and Al Dhafer et al. (2016) previously reported the species in Saudi Arabia as A. fasciolatus . However, this species is excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia as the specimens reported actually belong to A. vanharteni Háva, 2009 .

Distribution.

The species is found at elevations between 153 and 980 m a. s. l. It is recorded across different regions of Saudi Arabia, including the central region (Riyadh Province), the eastern region (Eastern Province), the northern regions (Jouf, Madinah, and Tabouk provinces) and the southern region (Najran Province) (Fig. 7 ). Globally, it is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula, with known occurrences in Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; and here it is newly recorded in Saudi Arabia.

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 7. Distribution map of Attageninae species in Saudi Arabia: Attagenus scalaris, A. sp., A. vanharteni, A. yemensis, and Teleopes tessellatus.