Ibrahim HA, Friedman ALL, Fayq AF. The first record of
Propomacrusbimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Iraq, with notes on its distribution and phenology in the Near East.
Biodivers Data J 2022;
10:e96601. [PMID:
36761600 PMCID:
PMC9836453 DOI:
10.3897/bdj.10.e96601]
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Abstract
Background
Propomacrusbimucronatus (Pallas, 1781), the Mediterranean long-armed scarab, is a large saproxylic beetle, occurring in the east Mediterranean and south-east Europe, sparse throughout its entire distributional range, often considered as rare, threatened or extinct species.
New information
Propomacrusbimucronatus is recorded for the first time from Kurdistan, Iraq. The new data on its distribution and phenology in Iraq and in Israel is published for the first time, compared with the previously-published data and analysed.
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