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Order Coleoptera, Family Chrysomelidae 275 Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 274-285 Date of publication: 31.05.201! Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae 275 Desert Park, 20', 2 ~ , 6-28.xii.2006, PT; 1~ , 17.ii-3.iii.2007, LT; 1 ~ , 24.iii-l.iv.2007, LT; 10', 1 ~, Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae 24.xi-22.xii.2007, LT. Wadi Safad, 1 ~, 21.ii-4.iii.2006, LT; 30', 15-22.iv.2006, LT. Subfamily Bruchinae Remarks: Caryedon gonagra used to be confused with the groundnut seed beetle, Caryedon serratus (Olivier, 1790) (Delobel et al., 2003). Its larvae feed in .the seeds of various Alex Delobel Caesalpinioideae, including tamarind (Tamarindus indica), Gleditsia triacanthos, Senna didymobotrya and various species of Cassia and Bauhinia; also reared from Mimosoid seeds: INTRODUCTION Acacia farnesiana, A. tortilis raddiana, Dichrostachys cinerea, possibly also Prosopis juliflora. Adult size varies widely according to the size of the seed in which larval Bruchinae are commonly known as 'seed beetles' because their larval development takes development has taken place; specimens from UAE are usually very small as compared with place within the fruits and seeds of trees and herbaceous plants. Their main hosts are specimens reared from tamarind or Bauhinia. Leguminosae (Fabaceae or Papilionoideae), but a large number of other botanic families are Distribution: From Egypt to Australia, including India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and also attacked (see Johnson, 1990; Kergoat et al., 2008). The seed beetle fauna of the Arabian New Caledonia. New to the UAE. Peninsula is relatively well known since the publications ofDecelle (1979, 1990) and Anton (1994a, 1994b, 2000), dedicated to the Yemeni, Saudi Arabian and Omani faunas. Caryedon nongoniermai Anton & Delobel, 2004 Plate 3 So far only one species of seed beetles, Algarobius prosopis (LeConte, 1858), had been Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 10', 10--17.x.2005, 1~, LT & MT; 10', 22.x-9.xi.2005, MT; 1~ , 9.xi- 7.xii.2005, LT & MT. Khor al-K.hwair, 10', 17-24.iv.2007, LT. Near Mahaflz, 10', 2~, 21-28.viii.2006, recorded from the United Arab Emirates (Decelle, 1990). A large number of specimens were LT. Sharjah Desert Park, 5 ex., 2l.x-24.xi.2007, LT. Sharjah-Khor Ka1ba, near tunnel, 7 ex., 3l.v- collected by A. van Harten and his colleagues at various localities if the UAE. This collection 7.vi.2006, LT; 14 ex., 7-14.vi.2006, LT. Wadi Safad, 10', 15-22.iv.2006, LT; 7 ex., 1-8.vii.2006, LT. offers a singular opportunity to discover the fauna of this part of the Arabian Peninsula; it Host plants: Reared from several species of Acacia: A. ehrenbergiana, A. kirkii, A. nilotica, comprises a total of 897 specimens, belonging. to 17 species. Two additional female A. senega!, A. seyal, A. sieberiana, A. tortilis raddiana and A. tortilis spirocarpa (Anton & specimens of Bruchidius could not be definitely identified. Delobel, 2004). Distribution: Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Mali, Burkina Faso, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, MATERIALS AND METHODS Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman. New to the UAE. Most specimens have been collected using different kind of traps, mainly light traps, Malaise Caryedon sudanensis Southgate, 1971 . Plate 4 traps and water traps. The specimens studied are preserved in my private collection and in the Specimens examined: Hatta, 20', 2~ , 4-ll.iv.2006, LT. K.hor al-Khwair, 2 ~ , 2-13.v.2007, LT. Wadi UAE Arthropod Collection. Safad, 3 ~ , 15-22.iv.2006, LT. Abbreviations used in the text: LT= light trap, MT =Malaise trap, WT =water trap, PT= Remarks: This species is closely related to Caryedon yemenensis Decelle, 1979, recorded pitfall trap; NARC =National Avian Research Centre. If not otherwise stated, the specimens from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen (Decelle, 1979). were collected by A. van Harten. The main difference between the two species is the presence of an additional pair of small sclerites in the internal sac in C. yemenensis; knowing that the number of smaller sclerites SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT may vary in some Caryedon species (e.g. C. pallidus (Olivier, 1790), personal observation), it may be hypothesized that yemenensis is not more than a form of sudanensis. Tribe Pachymerini Bridwell, 1929 Host plants: Reared from Caesalpinioid seeds, Senna alexandrina (Johnson et al., 2004) and Cassia angustifolia (Delobel & Tran, 2003). · Genus Caryedon Sch6nherr, 1823 Distribution: Algeria, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudari.. New to the UAE. Caryedon angeri (Semenov, 1896) Plate 1 Tribe Amblycerini Bridwell, 1832 Specimens examined: Hatta, 3 ex., 4-11.iv.2006, LT. Khor al-K.hwair, 10', 17-24.iv. 2007, LT; 5 ex., 2-13.v.2007, LT. Sharjah Desert Park, 10', 18.i-25.ii.2006, LT; 20', 1 ~. 6-28.xii.2006, PT; 20', 15- Genus Spermophagus SchOnherr, 1833 22.iv.2007, LT; 10', 22-28.v.2007, LT; 4 ex., 20.x-24.xi.2007, LT. Host plants: Reared from seeds of various species of Acacia, also from Prosopis farcta Spermophagus humilis Decelle, 1970 Plate 5 & (Anton Delobel, 2004) Specimens examined: Wadi Maidaq, 30', 2~ . 2l.xii.2005-2.iii.2006, LT. WT. Wadi Wurayah farm, 20', . Distribution: Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, 1 ~ . 19.i-19.ii.2009, MT. Syria, Turkey. Iraq, Iran, Turlanenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan. New to the UAE. Host plants: No known host plant. Most known Spermophagus species develop in seeds of Convolvulaceae or Malvaceae. Caryedon gonagra (Fabricius, 1798) Plate 2 Distribution: Widely distributed in Africa (Senegal, Zambia, Namibia, Burundi, Tanzania, Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 1 ~, 26.iii-4.iv .2006, MT; 20', 1 ~. 2.x-22.xi.2006, MT; 5 ex., Kenya, Sudan), also recorded from Oman and Pakistan (Anton, 1994b; Wendt, 1997). New to 27.xii.2006-18.ii.2007, MT. Fujairah, 20', 2~ , 1-8.iv.2006, LT. Hatta, 1 ~. 4-1l.iv.2006, LT. Sharjah theUAE. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 274-285 Date of publication: 31.05.201! Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae 275 Desert Park, 20', 2 ~ , 6-28.xii.2006, PT; 1~ , 17.ii-3.iii.2007, LT; 1 ~ , 24.iii-l.iv.2007, LT; 10', 1 ~, Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae 24.xi-22.xii.2007, LT. Wadi Safad, 1 ~, 21.ii-4.iii.2006, LT; 30', 15-22.iv.2006, LT. Subfamily Bruchinae Remarks: Caryedon gonagra used to be confused with the groundnut seed beetle, Caryedon serratus (Olivier, 1790) (Delobel et al., 2003). Its larvae feed in .the seeds of various Alex Delobel Caesalpinioideae, including tamarind (Tamarindus indica), Gleditsia triacanthos, Senna didymobotrya and various species of Cassia and Bauhinia; also reared from Mimosoid seeds: INTRODUCTION Acacia farnesiana, A. tortilis raddiana, Dichrostachys cinerea, possibly also Prosopis juliflora. Adult size varies widely according to the size of the seed in which larval Bruchinae are commonly known as 'seed beetles' because their larval development takes development has taken place; specimens from UAE are usually very small as compared with place within the fruits and seeds of trees and herbaceous plants. Their main hosts are specimens reared from tamarind or Bauhinia. Leguminosae (Fabaceae or Papilionoideae), but a large number of other botanic families are Distribution: From Egypt to Australia, including India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and also attacked (see Johnson, 1990; Kergoat et al., 2008). The seed beetle fauna of the Arabian New Caledonia. New to the UAE. Peninsula is relatively well known since the publications ofDecelle (1979, 1990) and Anton (1994a, 1994b, 2000), dedicated to the Yemeni, Saudi Arabian and Omani faunas. Caryedon nongoniermai Anton & Delobel, 2004 Plate 3 So far only one species of seed beetles, Algarobius prosopis (LeConte, 1858), had been Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 10', 10--17.x.2005, 1~, LT & MT; 10', 22.x-9.xi.2005, MT; 1~ , 9.xi- 7.xii.2005, LT & MT. Khor al-K.hwair, 10', 17-24.iv.2007, LT. Near Mahaflz, 10', 2~, 21-28.viii.2006, recorded from the United Arab Emirates (Decelle, 1990). A large number of specimens were LT. Sharjah Desert Park, 5 ex., 2l.x-24.xi.2007, LT. Sharjah-Khor Ka1ba, near tunnel, 7 ex., 3l.v- collected by A. van Harten and his colleagues at various localities if the UAE. This collection 7.vi.2006, LT; 14 ex., 7-14.vi.2006, LT. Wadi Safad, 10', 15-22.iv.2006, LT; 7 ex., 1-8.vii.2006, LT. offers a singular opportunity to discover the fauna of this part of the Arabian Peninsula; it Host plants: Reared from several species of Acacia: A. ehrenbergiana, A. kirkii, A. nilotica, comprises a total of 897 specimens, belonging. to 17 species. Two additional female A. senega!, A. seyal, A. sieberiana, A. tortilis raddiana and A. tortilis spirocarpa (Anton & specimens of Bruchidius could not be definitely identified. Delobel, 2004). Distribution: Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Mali, Burkina Faso, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, MATERIALS AND METHODS Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman. New to the UAE. Most specimens have been collected using different kind of traps, mainly light traps, Malaise Caryedon sudanensis Southgate, 1971 . Plate 4 traps and water traps. The specimens studied are preserved in my private collection and in the Specimens examined: Hatta, 20', 2~ , 4-ll.iv.2006, LT. K.hor al-Khwair, 2 ~ , 2-13.v.2007, LT. Wadi UAE Arthropod Collection. Safad, 3 ~ , 15-22.iv.2006, LT. Abbreviations used in the text: LT= light trap, MT =Malaise trap, WT =water trap, PT= Remarks: This species is closely related to Caryedon yemenensis Decelle, 1979, recorded pitfall trap; NARC =National Avian Research Centre. If not otherwise stated, the specimens from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen (Decelle, 1979). were collected by A. van Harten. The main difference between the two species is the presence of an additional pair of small sclerites in the internal sac in C.
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