Ripiphorus arabiafelix Batelka 2009

Ripiphorus arabiafelix Batelka, 2009 (Figs. 15–16, 18) Published records. BATELKA (2009: 156): ‘ Yemen, Aden, 1 J, HOLOTYPE’; ‘ Yemen, Lahij, 2 JJ 5 ♀♀ ’; ‘ Yemen, Lahij, 1 J 1 ♀, iv.1999 ’; ‘ Yemen, Wadi Anis, 3 ♀♀, 7.x.2005 ’; ‘ Yemen, Jabal al Fatk, 1 ♀, 16.x.2005 ’; ‘ Oman, Dhofar, Salalah, 1 J 2 ♀♀, 21.ix.1977 ’; ‘ Oman, Dhofar, Qara Hills, 1 ♀, 22.ix.1977 ’; all PARATYPES. New record. OMAN: 1 ♀ (MSNTC), ‘OMAN 2002 – Dhofar / Road Marbat - Sadh / 17°04’.02N 54°52’.49E / 10.IX – mt. 110 / leg. F. Strumia // Museo di Storia / Naturalle e del / Territorio / Universita di Pisa / Calci (Pisa) – Italy [printed]’.Published as part of Batelka, Jan, 2010, A review of Ripiphoridae in the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 157-166 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1) on page 163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.532520