Pygopleurus katbehi Sabatinelli, 2008
Diagnosis
Pygopleurus katbehi Sabatinelli belongs to group II of Baraud (1989) having pronotum with vermiculated wrinkles (dermatoglyph) and truncate apex of elytra with a tooth at the sutural border. Other diagnostic characters are: the small size (9-11 mm), the gently curved anterior claws and the posterior angles of pronotum well visible. P.katbehi Sabatinelli is close to P.labaumei (Petrovitz, 1971) and P.syriacus (Linnaeus, 1758) from which it can be easily differentiated for the shape of paramera long and sinuate dorso ventrally. The males of P.syriacus can be differentiated from the males of P.katbehi for the rounded apex of elytra without sutural tooth.
Distribution
North Jordan (50 kms West and North Amman) and Palestine (Jordan Valley). Holotypus male: Jordan, Harta, 14 km North Irbid, Abila (Quwayliba) archeological site, 32°40N 35°52E, 440m, 27.III.2007, leg. G. Sabatinelli, in Nat. Hist. Mus. Genova. Pararatypes: Jordan: 24 km North Amman, 32°06N 35°49E, 800m, 10.II.2007; 20 km East Pella, 32°27N 35°40E, 130m, 24.III.2007. Palestine, West Bank: 50 km West Amman, Ma’ale Mikhmas, 31°49N 35°21E, 200m, 3.IV.2007.
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Bibliography
G. Sabatinelli - 2008. Pygopleurus katbehi sp. nov. di Giordania e Palestina e nota sinonimica Pygopleurus syriacus (Linnaeus, 1758) = P.nabataeensis (Mitter, 1996) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Glaphyridae). Lambillionea 108, 2: 149-152. Language Italian with abstracts in English and French. Download article.