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Grichanov, Igor Ya. "New species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 from Afrotropics (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and key to Afrotropical fauna." European Journal of Taxonomy 722 (October 22, 2020): 16–36. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1131.

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Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2020): New species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 from Afrotropics (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and key to Afrotropical fauna. European Journal of Taxonomy 722: 16-36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1131

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Niedbała, Wojciech. "Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania." Acarologia 57, no. 4 (2017): 957–1072. http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174217.

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This monograph sums up the state of knowledge of ptyctimous mites fauna of Tanzania on the basis of literature data. Diagnoses of 61 species known from Tanzania (TAN) are given, 15 species have been redescribed on the basis of types and 22 species have been redescribed in earlier papers. One new species: A. ( H.) onkos sp. nov. is described. For each species a morphological diagnosis and geographic distribution are given. Eight species are new to TAN, including one new to the Afrotropical Region. Keys for identification of species and higher taxa are given. The fauna of ptyctimous mites of Tan

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BOLTON, BARRY, and BRIAN L. FISHER. "Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 2843, no. 1 (2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2843.1.1.

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The taxonomy of the ponerine ants of the genus Hypoponera is revised for the Afrotropical and West Palaearctic regions. A combined key to both faunae is presented, and the West Palaearctic species are also keyed separately. Fifty-six species are recognised in total, of which 51 are Afrotropical endemics and two are restricted to the West Palaearctic; three tramp species occur in both regions. Thirty-four Afrotropical species are described as new while 33 names, including a number of infraspecific taxa and extralimital forms, are relegated to synonymy. Two previously described Afrotropical Hypo

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Delany, M. J. "The zoogeography of the mammal fauna of southern Arabia." Mammal Review 19, no. 4 (1989): 133–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479524.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The southern Arabian fauna is recognized as occupyinga montane coastal strip of Saudi Arabia parallel to the Red Sea from Taif southwards, the Yemens and Oman. Brief descriptions of the physical, climatic and vegetational features of the region are provided. Most of the mammal species recorded from the area are assigned to one of the following zoogeographical categories: Palaearctic, Saharo-Sindian, Afrotropical plus Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental. Most species are Afrotropical with a substantial number Saharo-Sindian. Palaearctic and

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Delany, M. J. "The zoogeography of the mammal fauna of southern Arabia." Mammal Review 19, no. 4 (1989): 133–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479524.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The southern Arabian fauna is recognized as occupyinga montane coastal strip of Saudi Arabia parallel to the Red Sea from Taif southwards, the Yemens and Oman. Brief descriptions of the physical, climatic and vegetational features of the region are provided. Most of the mammal species recorded from the area are assigned to one of the following zoogeographical categories: Palaearctic, Saharo-Sindian, Afrotropical plus Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental. Most species are Afrotropical with a substantial number Saharo-Sindian. Palaearctic and

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Delany, M. J. "The zoogeography of the mammal fauna of southern Arabia." Mammal Review 19, no. 4 (1989): 133–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479524.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The southern Arabian fauna is recognized as occupyinga montane coastal strip of Saudi Arabia parallel to the Red Sea from Taif southwards, the Yemens and Oman. Brief descriptions of the physical, climatic and vegetational features of the region are provided. Most of the mammal species recorded from the area are assigned to one of the following zoogeographical categories: Palaearctic, Saharo-Sindian, Afrotropical plus Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental. Most species are Afrotropical with a substantial number Saharo-Sindian. Palaearctic and

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Delany, M. J. "The zoogeography of the mammal fauna of southern Arabia." Mammal Review 19, no. 4 (1989): 133–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479524.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The southern Arabian fauna is recognized as occupyinga montane coastal strip of Saudi Arabia parallel to the Red Sea from Taif southwards, the Yemens and Oman. Brief descriptions of the physical, climatic and vegetational features of the region are provided. Most of the mammal species recorded from the area are assigned to one of the following zoogeographical categories: Palaearctic, Saharo-Sindian, Afrotropical plus Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental. Most species are Afrotropical with a substantial number Saharo-Sindian. Palaearctic and

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Delany, M. J. "The zoogeography of the mammal fauna of southern Arabia." Mammal Review 19, no. 4 (1989): 133–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479524.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The southern Arabian fauna is recognized as occupyinga montane coastal strip of Saudi Arabia parallel to the Red Sea from Taif southwards, the Yemens and Oman. Brief descriptions of the physical, climatic and vegetational features of the region are provided. Most of the mammal species recorded from the area are assigned to one of the following zoogeographical categories: Palaearctic, Saharo-Sindian, Afrotropical plus Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental. Most species are Afrotropical with a substantial number Saharo-Sindian. Palaearctic and

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PENATI, FABIO, and PIERPAOLO VIENNA. "An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks." Zootaxa 1157, no. 1 (2006): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1157.1.1.

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The histerid fauna of the Arabian Peninsula is evaluated. As a result of the study of specimens recently collected in Oman by the scientific expeditions of the Museum of Natural History and Territory of Calci (University of Pisa, Italy), and compiling new data from 15 public and private collections, and literature records, the total number of Histeridae known from the Arabian Peninsula now stands at 67 species, without taking into account dubious species and undetermined taxa (9).Of these 67 species, in total 18 are reported for the first time: 4 for the Arabian Peninsula [Teretrius (Neotepetr

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Reynolds, Berry Terry, and Noort Simon van. "Review of Afrotropical Cryptopimpla Taschenberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae), with description of nine new species." ZooKeys 640 (December 13, 2016): 103–37. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.640.10334.

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The Afrotropical banchine fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) comprises 12 genera. One of these, Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863, is a predominately northern hemisphere genus represented by 47 described species of which only one is known from the Afrotropical region. We describe nine new species of this rare Afrotropical genus: C. elongatus sp. n., C. fernkloofensis sp. n., C. goci sp. n., C. hantami sp. n., C. kogelbergensis sp. n., C. neili sp. n., C. onyxi sp. n., C. parslactis sp. n., and C. zwarti sp. n. All the Afrotropical species are only known from South Africa. Online interactive Lucid

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Papazian, Michel, Bernard Rainon, and Alain Coache. "Présence d’Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773) dans le domaine Afrotropical occidental (Odonata, Libellulidae)." Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 126, no. 3 (2021): 337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.32475/bsef_2165.

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Presence of Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773) in the western Afrotropical realm (Odonata, Libellulidae). Surveys carried out over the past fifteen years on the entire Beninese territory, in order to update the local Odonata fauna, enabled the collection in 2013 of a female specimen of Orthetrum sabina. This capture is, to our knowledge, the first established in the Afrotropical realm of West Africa.

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Razowski, Józef, and Janusz Wojtusiak. "Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Afrotropical Fauna: Accession 1." Polish Journal of Entomology 83, no. 3 (2014): 207–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2014-0016.

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Abstract 18 species of Tortricidae are discussed; 6 species are described as new: Choristoneura saotome sp. n., Afroploce bagamoyo sp. n., Anthozela macambrarae sp. n., Anthozela usambarae sp. n., Eucosmocydia terreirana sp. n. and Cydia amaniana sp. n. Faunistic data on 12 species are provided

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Niedbała, Wojciech. "Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the fauna of North Africa, against the background of the Palaearctic fauna." Biological Letters 49, no. 2 (2012): 137–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10120-012-0015-2.

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Abstract The ptyctimous mite fauna of each zoogeographical region of the world is highly specific and includes many endemic or native species. In Palaearctic Region it comprises 295 known species. The number of widespread species is very low: 14 semicosmopolitan, 16 Holarctic, and 15 pan-Palaearctic. Out of the relatively narrowly distributed species, over half (114) have also been noted as endemic to the Palaearctic Region. Twenty-seven species are known to originate from other zoogeographical regions and have been introduced to the Palaearctic in prooriental and East-Asiatic parts. The fauna

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Cerretti, Pierfilippo. "New Afrotropical species belonging to genera never recorded before for the Afrotropical fauna (Diptera: Tachinidae)." Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 251, no. 4 (2012): 317–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.12.004.

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Razowski, Józef. "Accessions to the Afrotropical fauna of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), 2." Polish Journal of Entomology / Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 82, no. 3 (2013): 159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10200-012-0032-9.

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ABSTRACT Eighteen species of Afrotropical Tortricidae are discussed, eleven of which are described as new: Plinthograptis iitae sp. n., Lobesia hecista sp. n., Teiteccopsis davisorum sp. n., Anthozela daressalami sp. n., Herpystis isolata sp. n., Fulcrifera horisma sp. n., Cydia zariae sp. n., Cydia ergoda sp. n., Microsarotis samaruana sp. n., Ioditis mokwae sp. n., Grapholita hymenosa sp. n.

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Warburg, Sharon, Shlomi Aharon, Igor Armiach Steinpress, Prashant P. Sharma, Danilo Harms, and Efrat Gavish-Regev. "Pseudoscorpions of Israel: Annotated Checklist and Key, with New Records of Two Families (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)." Taxonomy 3, no. 4 (2023): 466–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy3040027.

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The location of Israel at the junction of three continents leads to a unique fauna of both Palearctic and Afrotropical zoogeographic origins. Following systematic revisions over the past sixty years and the discovery of new species, the only available key to the pseudoscorpions of Israel has become outdated. We provide here an up-to-date checklist of the pseudoscorpion species of Israel including distribution maps, and the first illustrated identification key of the Israeli fauna based on morphological characters. Prior to our study, this fauna comprised twelve families, 26 genera and 52 morph

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GRICHANOV, IGOR YA, and DMITRIY V. DUBROVSKIY. "NEW RECORDS OF PREDATORY LONG-LEGGED FLIES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF SIX NEW LICHTWARDTIA SPECIES." Redia 108 (April 29, 2025): 123–41. https://doi.org/10.19263/redia-108.25.14.

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Six new long-legged fly species, Lichtwardtia aurocuprea sp. n., Lichtwardtia caeruleifacies sp. n., Lichtwardtia sychevae sp. n., Lichtwardtia nudicauda sp. n., Lichtwardtia argentifacies sp. n. and Lichtwardtia ripariensis sp. n., from Faranah and Labé provinces of Guinea, are described and illustrated. Males of the new species differ from others in face colour, postpedicel shape, sometimes modified wing costa and features of the male genitalia. In addition, seven new species records are listed for the Republic of Guinea, including four species reported from the country for the first time: A

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Mulvaney, Jake, Monika Moir, and Michael I. Cherry. "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversification and taxonomic discordance among bats and birds within Sub-Saharan Africa." Biodiversity and Conservation 32, no. 14 (2023): 4895–914. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13536381.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Cryptic species present a challenge for conservation, as species diversity may remain undetected. In zoological research, DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) has become a useful heuristic tool for aiding species resolution and informing species discovery. Despite concerted efforts to genetically barcode bats and birds, comprehensive assessments have yet to be undertaken across the Afrotropics. We retrieved available DNA barcodes of native breeding Afrotropical bat and bird species. Using Bayesian phylogeneti

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Mulvaney, Jake, Monika Moir, and Michael I. Cherry. "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversification and taxonomic discordance among bats and birds within Sub-Saharan Africa." Biodiversity and Conservation 32, no. 14 (2023): 4895–914. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13536381.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Cryptic species present a challenge for conservation, as species diversity may remain undetected. In zoological research, DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) has become a useful heuristic tool for aiding species resolution and informing species discovery. Despite concerted efforts to genetically barcode bats and birds, comprehensive assessments have yet to be undertaken across the Afrotropics. We retrieved available DNA barcodes of native breeding Afrotropical bat and bird species. Using Bayesian phylogeneti

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El-Hawagry, Magdi, Mohammed Khalil, Mostafa Sharaf, Hassan Fadl, and Abdulrahman Aldawood. "A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species." ZooKeys 274 (March 1, 2013): 1–88. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.274.4529.

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A preliminary study was carried out on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, south-western part of Saudi Arabia. A total number of 582 species and subspecies (few identified only to the genus level) belonging to 129 families and representing 17 orders were recorded. Two of these species are described as new, namely: <i>Monomorium sarawatensis </i>Sharaf & Aldawood <b>sp. n.</b> [Formicidae, Hymenoptera] and <i>Anthrax alruqibi </i>El-Hawagry <b>sp. n. </b>[Bombyliidae, Diptera]. Another eight species are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia, namely: <i>Xiphoceriana arabica</i> (Uvar

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Vujić, Ante, Snežana Radenković, Laura Likov, and Sanja Veselić. "Taxonomic complexity in the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Syrphidae)." ZooKeys 1031 (April 14, 2021): 85–124. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1031.62125.

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The genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 is distributed across the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. The present work summarizes the knowledge from recent taxonomic and systematic revisions and includes an identification key for the five monophyletic lineages (namely albifrons, aureus, avidus-nigritarsis, desuturinus and natans), 24 species groups, two species subgroups and 10 unplaced species, along with diagnosis and illustrations. A list of 234 taxa, including 194 described and 40 undescribed species, is appended. Most of the species are distributed in the Palaearctic (209 taxa, 181 described), w

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Vujić, Ante, Snežana Radenković, Laura Likov, and Sanja Veselić. "Taxonomic complexity in the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Syrphidae)." ZooKeys 1031 (April 14, 2021): 85–124. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1031.62125.

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The genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 is distributed across the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. The present work summarizes the knowledge from recent taxonomic and systematic revisions and includes an identification key for the five monophyletic lineages (namely albifrons, aureus, avidus-nigritarsis, desuturinus and natans), 24 species groups, two species subgroups and 10 unplaced species, along with diagnosis and illustrations. A list of 234 taxa, including 194 described and 40 undescribed species, is appended. Most of the species are distributed in the Palaearctic (209 taxa, 181 described), w

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Minab, Farzad, Ehsan Rakhshani, Elijah J. Talamas, and Moghaddam Mostafa Ghafouri. "A checklist of Platygastridae and Scelionidae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) of Iran." Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9, no. 2 (2023): 343–83. https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.9.2.343.

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Iranian species of the superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) belonging to two families Platygastridae, (12 genera, 35 species) and Scelionidae (13 genera, 46 species), are reviewed. The recorded platygastroid species from Iran represent a very small assemblage of the world fauna, and certainly not the complete list from Iran. Except for a few recently described species, the others are found in many other countries as well. The known distribution for 27 species (77.1%) of Platygastridae of Iran is restricted to the Palaearctic region, while a smaller percentage

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HUMALA, ANDREI E. "First record of the genus Eusterinx Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from the Afrotropical Region, with description of a new species from South Africa." Zootaxa 5537, no. 2 (2024): 281–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.8.

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The genus Eusterinx Förster, 1869 is reported from the Afrotropical region for the first time. The new species E. africana sp. nov. from South Africa belonging to the subgenus Ischyracis is described and illustrated. The subgenus Dallatorrea Ashmead, 1902 is reduced to the synonym Ischyracis Förster, 1869 syn. n. An identification key to all known Ischyracis species of the world fauna is provided.

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Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid. "The first record of the genus Merus Gistel (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Mecysolobini) in the Western Palaearctic, with description of Merus freidbergi n. sp. from Israel." Israel Journal of Entomology 49, no. 2 (2019): 351–64. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3593312.

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<em>Merus freidbergi</em>, a new species of the Palaeotropical genus <em>Merus</em>, developing on <em>Blepharis attenuata</em> (Acanthaceae), is described from Israel, based on two specimens (male and female) collected in the Jordan Valley – the northern part of the Great Rift Valley. Description of the external morphology and genitalia of both sexes is given and illustrated with photographs and line drawings. The species has Afrotropical affinities and belongs to the Afrotropical <em>denticulatus</em> species group, being its northernmost representative. The new species is characterize

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FISCHER, GEORG, FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA, and MARCELL K. PETERS. "Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group." Zootaxa 3232, no. 1 (2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3232.1.1.

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This paper is a starting point towards a much needed comprehensive taxonomic treatment of the genus Pheidole in theAfrotropical region. Despite its hyperdiversity, the taxonomy of this globally distributed ant genus is limited to importantrevisions for the New World and several Asian faunas. However, Pheidole of the Afrotropical zoogeographic region hasnever been revised. The most recent Afrotropical Pheidole species descriptions are fifty years old and many are consider-ably older. Identification keys are not available and many species descriptions are of limited diagnostic value. This callsf

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GADALLAH, NEVEEN S., and DENIS J. BROTHERS. "Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Overview." Zootaxa 4754, no. 1 (2020): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.4.

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The current knowledge of the distribution and diversity of extant aculeate wasps (Aculeata excluding ants and bees) in the Arabian Peninsula (and Socotra) is reviewed. The number of species (1096 of which about 28% are apparently endemic) represents about 3% of the world fauna, with Crabronidae the most diverse family (about 35% of Arabian species). Most species (46%) are Afrotropical, 37% are Palaearctic, and 17% are Indo-Malayan (Oriental).

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Gadallah, Neveen S., Yusuf A. Edmardash, Dhafer Hathal M. Al, and Magdi S. El-Hawagry. "Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), a family new to the fauna of Saudi Arabia, with the description of the previously unknown male of Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček." ZooKeys 462 (December 10, 2014): 115–23. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8437.

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The family Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Saudi Arabia based on Hydrorhoa caffra (Westwood) and Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček. The record of H. caffra suggests that Al-Baha and Asir provinces should be considered as part of the Afrotropical rather than the Palaearctic region. The previously unknown male of E. affinis Bouček is described and figured. Macrophotographs of the species are provided.

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ZIANI, STEFANO, MAHMOUD SALEH ABDEL-DAYEM, HATHAL MOHAMMED ALDHAFER, and ENRICO BARBERO. "An overview of the Onthophagini from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)." Zootaxa 4658, no. 1 (2019): 1–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.1.

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The onthophagine fauna of the Arabian Peninsula is reviewed. New data from public and private collections are given. The total number of Onthophagini known from the Peninsula now stands at 30 species, without taking into account dubious records, belonging to seven genera. Of these 30 species, three (Onthophagus aethiopicus d’Orbigny, 1902, O. falsus Gillet, 1925 and O. frontalis Raffray, 1877) are reported for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula, six species (Digitonthophagus eucatta Génier in Génier & Moretto, 2017, Onthophagus aethiopicus d’Orbigny, 1902, O. brittoni Paulian, 1948,

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Al Obaid, Ahmed, Faisal Shuraim, Ahmad Al Boug, et al. "Diversity and Conservation of Bats in Saudi Arabia." Diversity 15, no. 6 (2023): 700. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15060700.

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The bats of Saudi Arabia consist of 30 species and 21 genera within 9 families (Pteropodidae, Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Emballonuridae, Nycteridae, Hipposideridae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, and Vespertilionidae). Some species have been recorded from only one locality: Epomophorus labiatus, Hipposideros megalotis and Asellia patrizii. The taxonomy of some species was updated. Details on the past and present distribution of the bats were included along with available data on their habitat preference and biology. An analysis of the bat fauna of Saudi Arabia revealed that they have six major

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LaPOLLA, JOHN S., CHIU H. CHENG, and BRIAN L. FISHER. "Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions." Zootaxa 2387, no. 1 (2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2387.1.1.

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The taxonomy of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Paraparatrechina fauna is revised for the first time. Thirteen species are revealed, of which eight are described as new: P. brunnella LaPolla & Cheng; P. concinnata LaPolla & Cheng; P. gnoma LaPolla & Cheng; P. myops LaPolla & Fisher; P. ocellatula LaPolla & Fisher; P. oreias LaPolla & Cheng; P. splendida LaPolla & Cheng; P. umbranatis LaPolla & Cheng. An identification key to the worker caste is provided.

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Berry, Terry Reynolds, and Simon van Noort. "Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region." ZooKeys 1007 (December 30, 2020): 49–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543.

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The Afrotropical banchine fauna comprises 12 genera: Apophua Morley, Atropha Kriechbaumer, Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, Exetastes Gravenhorst, Glyptopimpla Morley, Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, Lissonota Gravenhorst, Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, Spilopimpla Cameron, Syzeuctus Förster, Tetractenion Seyrig, and Tossinola Viktorov. A well-illustrated revised key to the genera using high definition images is provided, and the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion is revised, previously represented by two described species. Four new species are described: T. ibayaensissp. nov., T. pascalisp. nov., T. pse

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Al Malki, Khaled Ahmad, Abdul Rahman Al Ghamdi, Faisal Shuraim, et al. "Diversity and Conservation of Rodents in Saudi Arabia." Diversity 16, no. 7 (2024): 398. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16070398.

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The rodents of Saudi Arabia consist of twenty species and twelve genera within four families (Gliridae, Dipodidae, Muridae, and Hystricidae). Details on the past and present distribution of the rodents were included, along with available data on their habitat preference and biology. The eastern central part of Saudi Arabia, covering the Tuwiq mountains plateau, including the vicinity of Riyadh, hosts the highest number of rodent species. An analysis of the rodent fauna of Saudi Arabia revealed that they have four major zoogeographical affinities: Palaearctic–Oriental (one species), Afrotropica

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Kvifte, Gunnar. "Description of Perithreticus neglectus sp. n. from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (Diptera, Psychodidae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 10 (May 5, 2022): e81205. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e81205.

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The Psychodinae of the Afrotropical Region remain poorly understood. Slightly under 200 species have been described, but many countries have received very little attention from collectors and even countries where significant collection efforts have taken place have rarely had their collections studied in detail by specialist taxonomists.<i>Perithreticus neglectus</i> sp. n. is described from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, based on a male specimen collected in 1990. The new species is similar to <i>Perithreticus anderseni</i> Kvifte, 2015, which occurs in the same forest reserve, but ca

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Berry, Terry Reynolds, and Noort Simon van. "Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region." ZooKeys 1007 (December 30, 2020): 49–84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543.

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The Afrotropical banchine fauna comprises 12 genera: Apophua Morley, Atropha Kriechbaumer, Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, Exetastes Gravenhorst, Glyptopimpla Morley, Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, Lissonota Gravenhorst, Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, Spilopimpla Cameron, Syzeuctus Förster, Tetractenion Seyrig, and Tossinola Viktorov. A well-illustrated revised key to the genera using high definition images is provided, and the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion is revised, previously represented by two described species. Four new species are described: T. ibayaensis sp. nov., T. pascali sp. nov., T. p

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LELEJ, ARKADY S., JOSHUA B. TERINE, and GIRISH P. KUMAR. "New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India." Zootaxa 5052, no. 4 (2021): 567–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6.

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The subfamily Ticoplinae is Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic in distribution with six species in two genera (Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej & Krombein, 2001 and Hindustanilla Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001) known from the Oriental Region. Two new species, E. subbuka sp. nov., and E. balakrishnani sp. nov. were recently discovered in India (Western Ghats). Keys to the Old World genera of tribe Smicromyrmillini and species of Eosmicromyrmilla are provided. An updated diagnosis for males of Eosmicromyrmilla and photos of male genitalia for the genus are given. A new combination is proposed

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BARRACLOUGH, DAVID A., and JONATHAN F. COLVILLE. "The first species of Nemestrinidae (Diptera) endemic to Madagascar: A remarkable new species of Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897." Zootaxa 5196, no. 1 (2022): 145–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5196.1.8.

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A new species of Nemestrinidae, Atriadops irwini Barraclough sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Sakaramy in the far north of Madagascar at about the same latitude as the Comoros Islands. The species was collected in lowland tropical forest by Dr Michael Irwin. Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897, is a small genus of Nemestrinidae in the subfamily Trichopisideinae. Six named species are distributed across the Australasian, Oriental, Afrotropical and Neotropical Regions. Atriadops irwini sp. nov. is thus only the seventh species in the genus (the first new species described in almost 70 years) a

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MOZAFFARIAN, FARIBA, THIERRY BOURGOIN, and MICHAEL R. WILSON. "Nomenclatural changes in the higher classification of the family Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with description of a new tribe and new species and a review of the Iranian tettigometrid fauna." Zootaxa 4392, no. 3 (2018): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.3.

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The first part of this paper provides a historical review of the classification of the family Tettigometridae, including the description of a new tribe, Plesiometrini trib. nov. to accommodate three Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Tettigometrinae. The name Nototettigometra Muir 1924, is proposed to replace Hilda Kirkaldy 1900, homonym of Hilda Hörnes & Auinger 1884, and corresponding new combinations are given, including Nototettigometrinae nom. subst. to replace Hildinae Fennah 1952. An identification key to suprageneric taxa of Tettigometridae including both male and female characte

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Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet, Tarek M. Elsheikh, Ali A. Elgharbawy, Zarrag I. A. Al-Fifi, and Hathal M. Aldhafer. "The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." ZooKeys 959 (August 14, 2020): 17–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.51224.

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The Farasan Archipelago is a group of small coral islands and islets in the southern Red Sea, offshore of the southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). These islands are internationally important as breeding sites for turtles and bird species and regionally for its threatened, rare, and endemic flora and other fauna. The beetles (Coleoptera) of the Archipelago have not been previously surveyed. This study presents the first data on the beetle fauna based on a recent survey of the Farasan Archipelago. In total, 179 beetle species (including three synanthropic species) in 145 genera and 31 col

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Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., El-Ghiet Usama M. Abu, Tarek M. Elsheikh, Ali A. Elgharbawy, Zarrag I. A. Al-Fifi, and Hathal M. Aldhafer. "The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." ZooKeys 959 (August 14, 2020): 17–86. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.959.51224.

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The Farasan Archipelago is a group of small coral islands and islets in the southern Red Sea, offshore of the southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). These islands are internationally important as breeding sites for turtles and bird species and regionally for its threatened, rare, and endemic flora and other fauna. The beetles (Coleoptera) of the Archipelago have not been previously surveyed. This study presents the first data on the beetle fauna based on a recent survey of the Farasan Archipelago. In total, 179 beetle species (including three synanthropic species) in 145 genera and 31 col

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Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Alexander N. Poltavsky, and Günter C. Müller. "Addendum to the Israeli Noctuoidea fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Erebidae)." Israel Journal of Entomology 48, no. 1 (2018): 89–98. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1473586.

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Seventeen species of Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) are newly recorded for Israel, bringing the owlet moth fauna to 565 species. Four species are new records for the Levant, others have been known from Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria, and Jordan. Most of new records are done in the northern and southern parts of the country. The ‘southern’ group is represented by the Afrotropical and Pan-Eremic species, which reached the northern limit of their distribution. The ‘northern’ group is represented by species on the southern border of their distribution, including Trans-Palearctic and Medi

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Ermilov, Sergey G., and Marek Bąkowski. "NEW FAUNISTICAL AND TAXONOMIC DATA ON ORIBATID MITES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA) FROM THE AFROTROPICAL REGION." Acarina 29, no. 2 (2021): 135–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077-2021-29-2-135-140.

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The present study is based on oribatid mite materials collected in Ghana and Mozambique. A list of identified taxa, including 13 species from 12 genera and nine families, is provided. Of these, nine species, five genera and two families are recorded for the first time in the fauna of the above countries. One new species—Zetorchella ghanaensis sp. n. (Caloppiidae)—is described.

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Fa, John E., Sarah F. Ryan, and Diana J. Bell. "Hunting vulnerability, ecological characteristics and harvest rates of bushmeat species in afrotropical forests." Biological Conservation 121, no. 2 (2005): 167–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13535130.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We reviewed and analysed patterns and between-site variation in hunter-kill profiles of mammals in tropical moist forests in west and central Africa. Published data from 36 sites in seven countries were used. A total of 71 mammals from 8 orders and 22 families were hunted. Significant variation was found in number of species exploited, but ungulates constituted 73.2% of all hunted animals. Rodents and primates contributed 12.2% and 12.0%, respectively. Large-bodied species (15.0–99.9 kg) represented over half (54.4%) of the total hunted biomas

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Fa, John E., Sarah F. Ryan, and Diana J. Bell. "Hunting vulnerability, ecological characteristics and harvest rates of bushmeat species in afrotropical forests." Biological Conservation 121, no. 2 (2005): 167–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13535130.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We reviewed and analysed patterns and between-site variation in hunter-kill profiles of mammals in tropical moist forests in west and central Africa. Published data from 36 sites in seven countries were used. A total of 71 mammals from 8 orders and 22 families were hunted. Significant variation was found in number of species exploited, but ungulates constituted 73.2% of all hunted animals. Rodents and primates contributed 12.2% and 12.0%, respectively. Large-bodied species (15.0–99.9 kg) represented over half (54.4%) of the total hunted biomas

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Kopij, Grzegorz. "Alien Mammals in the Afrotropical Region and Their Impact on Vertebrate Biodiversity: A Review." Diversity 17, no. 4 (2025): 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17040286.

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The introduction of alien species may pose an enormous threat to indigenous flora and fauna. Among introduced animals, probably the most destructive to the natural environment are mammals. This is true at least in regard to the Afrotropical Region (sub-Saharan Africa). This review attempts to summarize our knowledge on alien mammals in this region and their impact on indigenous vertebrate fauna. This review includes 56 mammal species, belonging to 20 families, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa over the last 2000 years. Most are representatives of the following orders: Artiodactyla, Carnivora, a

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TAKANO, HITOSHI. "Taxonomic notes concerning the genus Catharsius Hope, 1837 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)." Zootaxa 5052, no. 2 (2021): 130–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.7.

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Catharsius harpagus Harold, 1877 and Catharsius parafastidiosus Ferreira, 1971, both previously considered to belong to the Afrotropical fauna, are herein synonymised with the Asian Catharsius birmanensis Lansberge, 1874 in what are the first cases of transcontinental mislabelling within this genus. This leaves the C. harpagus sensu Ferreira, 1960 (nec Harold) without a name, and Catharsius haroldi sp. nov. is thus described herein. Catharsius convexiusculus (Shipp, 1897) is transferred to the genus Metacatharsius Paulian, 1939, and Metacatharsius omoensis (Müller, 1941) is restored to its ori

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Harvey, Mark S., Joel A. Huey, Mia J. Hillyer, Erin McIntyre, and Gonzalo Giribet. "The first troglobitic species of Gymnobisiidae (Pseudoscorpiones : Neobisioidea), from Table Mountain (Western Cape Province, South Africa) and its phylogenetic position." Invertebrate Systematics 30, no. 1 (2016): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/is15044.

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Fully troglobitic pseudoscorpions are rare in the Afrotropical Region, and we explored the identity and phylogenetic relationships of specimens of a highly modified troglobite of the family Gymnobisiidae in the dark zone of the Wynberg Cave system, on Table Mountain, South Africa. This large pseudoscorpion – described as Gymnobisium inukshuk Harvey & Giribet, sp. nov. – lacks eyes and has extremely long appendages, and has been found together with other troglobitic fauna endemic only to this cave system. Phylogenetic analyses using the nuclear ribosomal genes 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA and the

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Subías, Luis S., Sergey G. Ermilov, Umukusum Ya Shtanchaeva, and Leonid B. Rybalov. "ADDITIONS TO THE ORIBATID MITE FAUNA (ACARI, ORIBATIDA) OF ETHIOPIA, WITH REMARKS ON SOME SPECIES OF GALUMNIDAE." Acarina 29, no. 1 (2021): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077-2021-29-1-11-16.

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This study is based on the oribatid mite material collected in Ethiopia in 2020. A list of identified taxa, including 38 species from 29 genera and 20 families, is provided. Of these, six species are recorded for the first time in the Afrotropical region, and five species are recorded for the first time in Ethiopia. Supplementary descriptions and illustrations, as well as taxonomic data on two species of the family Galumnidae (Galumna lanceosensilla Ermilov, Sidorchuk and Rybalov, 2011 and Taeniogalumna behanae Ermilov, Sidorchuk and Rybalov, 2010) are presented.

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Wei, X. L., J. P. Wan, and X. C. Du. "Fauna of Spilomelinae from Wuzhi Mountain Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae)." SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 46, no. 181 (2018): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.57065/shilap.832.

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Fauna of Spilomelinae from Wuzhi Mountain was analysed. There are 95 species in 54 genera of Spilomelinae from this area. One species is newly recorded from China, three genera and thirteen species are recorded from Hainan Island for the first time. Fifty-four genera show 16 distributional patterns and ninety-five species show 14 distributional patterns in this Zoogeographical region of the world. One genus and seventeen species are endemic to the Oriental region. The indicates that Spilomelinae from this area are closely related to the Palaearctic region and next to the Australian and Afrotro

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Liston, Andrew D., Georg Goergen, and Frank Koch. "Revisions of the Afrotropical genera of Argidae and species of Pampsilota Konow, 1899 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea)." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64, no. (1) (2017): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.64.10800.

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The Afrotropical fauna contains five genera of Argidae. These are keyed. New subjective synonyms, followed by the valid name in brackets, are Calarge Enslin, 1911 [Arge Schrank, 1802], Calarge africana Enslin, 1911 [Arge congrua Konow, 1907], Clyparge Pasteels, 1963 [Scobina Lepeletier & Serville, 1828], Clyparge terminalis Pasteels, 1963 [Scobina poecila (Klug, 1834)], and Sterictophora [sic] afra Pasteels, 1963 [Sphacophilus afer comb. n., species inquirenda near S. monjarasi Smith & Morales-Reyes, 2015]. The type material of both C. terminalis and S. afra was probably collected in t

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