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These observations contribute to the knowledge of the diversity of meloid fauna of the country and underscoring the importance of continued faunistic exploration in north-western Saudi Arabia, a region that remains relatively under-surveyed in terms of meloid diversity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Three species (\n                    <jats:italic>Hycleus borchmannianus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Hycleus trizonatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Mylabris filicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and one genus (\n                    <jats:italic>Sitaris<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia. Besides that, this work also provides the first description of the male morphology and genitalia of\n                    <jats:italic>Mylabris desertica<\/jats:italic>\n                    Bologna, 2007.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/bdj.13.e174504","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,22]],"date-time":"2025-12-22T08:18:02Z","timestamp":1766391482000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Diversity and distribution of blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) from north-western Saudi Arabia: new observations and first description of a male Mylabris desertica Bologna, 2007"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0768-0382","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Vidak","family":"Laku\u0161i\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia"},{"name":"CIBIO, Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Biodiversidade e Recursos Gen\u00e9ticos, InBIO Laborat\u00f3rio Associado, Campus de Vair\u00e3o, Universidade do Porto, Vair\u00e3o, Portugal"},{"name":"BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vair\u00e3o, Vair\u00e3o, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8583-6293","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ladislav","family":"\u010cern\u00fd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The South Bohemian Museum in \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, Dukelsk\u00e1 1, CZ-370 51, \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Kopr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Agrisciences, Department of Zoology, Mendel University, Zem\u011bd\u011blsk\u00e1 1, Brno, Czech Republic"}]},{"given":"Martina","family":"Panisi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIBIO, Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Biodiversidade e Recursos Gen\u00e9ticos, InBIO Laborat\u00f3rio Associado, Campus de Vair\u00e3o, Universidade do Porto, Vair\u00e3o, Portugal"},{"name":"BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vair\u00e3o, Vair\u00e3o, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7125-5033","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yuri","family":"Simone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Antwerpen, Laboratory of Functional Morphology, Antwerp, Belgium"}]},{"given":"Marko","family":"Stanisavljevi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4643-6411","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"L\u00e1szl\u00f3","family":"Patk\u00f3","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Royal Commission for AlUla, Oud Dunes - 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