Synnevrus arabicus Schmid-Egger & Al-Jahdhami 2025, comb. nov.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Synnevrus arabicus (Gadallah & Edmardash, 2023), comb. nov. (Fig, 21, 36). Nysson arabicus Gadallah and Edmardash in Abu el-Ghiet, Gadallah, Gasib, Al-Fifi, and Edmardash, 2023:155, ♂. Holotype: ♂, Saudi Arabia: Sala Mountain: Abdul Rahman Al Jabri farm at 17°04'10.5''N 43°07'43.3''E (Efflatoun Bey collection, Entomology Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt (depository not given in the original description, taken from Pulawski, 2025). Remark: The species was described in Nysson, but belongs clearly to Synnevrus, which is restored from synonymy here. See introduction for details. Recognition: The male of Synnevrus arabicus can be recognized by the key characters, mainly by the colour pattern. It is the only Arabian species of the genus with a black mesosoma (with some red only) and with yellow spots or bands on T1-5. Distribution: Only known from the type area in the Jazan Province in Saudi Arabia (Fig. 36).
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7088217663
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