Amphimela raydahensis Torkey & Dhafer, 2015, sp. nov.

<i>Amphimela raydahensis</i> sp. nov. <p> <b>Type specimens:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: “ Saudi Arabia, Asir Province, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.749’N 42°23.345’E, Alt. 1614 m, 21.II.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A.” (KSMA).</p> <p>PARATYPES: Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.884’N 42°24.435’E, 2387 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem, M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♂, KSMA); Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°13.347’N 42°24.133’E, 2717 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♂, KSMA); Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah, 18°11.766’N 42°24.315’E, 2285 m, 27.IV.2014, LT, leg. Al Dhafer H., Fadl H., Abdel-Dayem M., El Gharbawy A., El Torkey A. (♀, KSMA).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. Body shape sub-elliptical elongate (LB = 7.5 mm); reddish-brown with almost apical half of elytra, and humeral callus black (Fig. 3), clearly convex; maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 3.3 mm).</p> <p>Head with frons and vertex very densely punctate (Fig. 9); orbital line obvious; interantennal space wider than length of first antennomere; eyes large, sub-elliptical; clypeus short, sub-rectangular; labrum sub-rectangular, with apical margin rounded; mandibles reddish-brown with apical points black; antennae filiform, reddish-brown, clearly shorter than body length (LAN = 2.97 mm; LAN/LB = 0.396 mm; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.26 mm); length of antennomeres 0.38, 0.15, 0.2, 0.23, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, and 0.33 mm, respectively (right antenna).</p> <p>Pronotum slightly transverse (LP = 1.5 mm; WP/LP = 1.67 mm), clearly convex, basally slightly wider, with maximum width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); lateral margin bordered; anterior and posterior margins very finely bordered; anterior angles protruding; posterior angles slightly pointed (Fig. 14); densely punctate, with slightly larger and deeper punctures laterally than on disc. Scutellum triangular, with fine border, with fine punctures.</p> <p>Elytra reddish-brown, with apical half black (sometimes black band extended forward laterally near basal margin of elytra); slightly elongate (LE = 10 mm; LE/LP = 6.67 mm), slightly narrower from middle to apex, laterally moderately parallel, apically rounded, covering pygidium; elytral punctures striate, sparse and fine; intervals wide, with fine small micropunctures; humeral callus protruding.</p> <p>Legs reddish-brown, with dark reddish-brown claws; covered apically and basally by pubescence; tibiae, especially hind tibiae, dorsally moderately but not deeply channeled (Fig. 15); All tarsi with a pad of fine setae ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; abdomen slightly convex, sparsely punctate and pubescent (LV 2.5 mm), last abdominal sternite bisinuate and truncate medially (Fig. 12). Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view subparallel, with a slightly oval groove underside (LA 2.05 mm) and apically with acute rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe slightly curved, (Figs. 16, 17 and 18).</p> <p> <b>Variability.</b> Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of two males (Fig. 5): LB = 6.45 & 6.85 mm; LP = 1.15 & 1.4 mm; WP = 2.45 & 2.5 mm; LE = 4.4 & 4.75 mm; WE = 3 & 3.3 mm; LV = 2.4 & 2.5 mm; LA = 1.8 & 2 mm). Some specimens slightly darker in colour (reddish brown). Females generally slightly smaller than males (measurements of female (Fig. 4): LB = 6.4 mm; LP = 1.3 mm; WP = 2.4 mm; LE = 4.6 mm; WE = 3.0 mm; LV = 2.5 mm (Fig. 13); LS = 0.74 mm). Spermatheca hook-shaped with well sclerotized duct (Fig. 19).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Southwestern Saudi Arabia (Garf Raydah Nature Reserve).</p> <p> <b>Habitat.</b> This species was collected by black light traps at different elevations (1,614-2,717 m a.s.l.). This area was dominated by <i>Juniperus procera</i> Hochst ex. Endl., <i>Olea europaea africana</i> (Burm.f.) Green, and <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> (L.) Miller (Figs. 2 a, b and c).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named after the geographical location of the types.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species is most similar to two Afrotropical species, <i>A. citri</i> known from Ghana and <i>A. quadrinotata</i> described from Uganda, but can easily be distinguished by the following key.</p> <p> 1 Elytra reddish-brown, apical half black (Figs. 3, 4)......................................... <i>Amphimela raydahensis</i></p> <p>- Elytra with two or four reddish-brown spots................................................................2</p> <p> 2 Elytra bluish-black, with two large reddish-brown spots sub-basally behind humeral callus (Fig. 8). Body of moderate size, LB = 5.4 mm................................................................................ <i>Amphimela citri</i></p> <p> - Elytra bluish-green with four large reddish-brown spots (Fig. 7). Body small, LB = 3.3 mm........ <i>Amphimela quadrinotata</i></p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on pages 435-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species

El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Soliman, Ahmed M. (2015): Discovery of the genus Vanhartenidia Lelej, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Egypt, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3999 (2): 298-300, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.1

Figs. 10–11. 10 in First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula

Figs. 10–11. 10) Location of Gabal Shada Alalaa Nature Reserve in Saudi Arabia; 11) Habitat of Ancylopus melanocephalus with Acacia gerrardii in southwestern Saudi Arabia.Published as part of <i>Torkey, Ashraf M. El & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 824-827 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4)</i> on page 826, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.824, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114075">http://zenodo.org/record/10114075</a&gt

Figs. 1–6. Ancylopus melanocephalus. 1 in First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula

Figs. 1–6. Ancylopus melanocephalus. 1) Male, habitus; 2) Female, habitus; 3) Aedeagus, dorsal view. 4) Aedeagus, lateral view; 5) Aedeagus, ventral view; 6) Abdomen and abdominal terminal segment, male.Published as part of <i>Torkey, Ashraf M. El & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2015, First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 824-827 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4)</i> on page 825, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.824, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114075">http://zenodo.org/record/10114075</a&gt

Amphimela citri Bryant 1922

<i>Amphimela citri</i> (Bryant, 1922) <p> <b>Type specimens examined:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: Ghana: Ojesu, Ashanti (A. E. Evans) (BMNH). PARATYPES: Gold Coast, Aburi, 9.II.1916, W. H. Patterson (♂, BMNH); Ojesu, Ashanti (A. E. Evans) (♀♀, BMNH).</p> <p>Body shape elliptical, convex (LB = 5.4 mm); bluish-black, with two reddish-brown large spots on the subbasal part of elytra and two small spots on frons (Fig. 8). Head very finely punctured; labrum yellow, with apical margin curved; clypeus short; with two small reddish-brown spots on frons (Fig. 10); mandibles dark and pointed; eyes elliptical, large; antennae filiform, reddish-brown basally, segments 5th–11th darker. Prothorax bluish-black (LP = 1.1 mm), finely and evenly punctured, transverse, maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 2.5 mm); with lateral sides margined and narrow margins apically and basally; anterior angles produced and acute, posterior angles pointed. Scutellum triangular, bluish-black (reddish in some individuals). Elytra bluish-black, with two large reddish-brown spots sub-basally behind humeral callus; elongate (LE = 3.5 mm); broader basally than apically with maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 3.0 mm), sparsely punctate-striate, with intervals finely punctured; humeral callus slightly protruding. Legs reddish-brown to dark brown; hind femora swollen; a small spine at apex of hind tibiae; all tarsi with a pad of setae ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; sternites strongly punctured; first abdominal segment strongly punctured and densely setose, remaining segments with scattered punctures and slightly pubescent. Male with last abdominal segment sinuate (rounded in female).</p> <p>Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of one male: LB = 5.1 mm; LP = 1.0 mm; WP = 2.4 mm; LE = 3.3 mm; WE = 2.9 mm; LA = 1.99 mm; Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view parallel and narrow basally, venter with oval groove (LA = 1.99 mm) and apically with rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe curved, (Figs. 24, 25 and 26). Females generally slightly larger than males (measurements of females: LB = 5.5 & 5.6 mm; LP = 1.0 & 1.1 mm; WP = 2.6 & 2.7 mm; LE = 3.6 & 3.8 mm; WE = 3.1 & 3.2 mm; LS = 0.43 mm). Spermatheca hook-shaped and duct sclerotized (Fig. 27).</p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on page 431, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

El Torkey, Ashraf M., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. (2015): Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa 4028 (3): 430-440, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.

Amphimela quadrinotata Bryant 1936

<i>Amphimela quadrinotata</i> (Bryant, 1936) <p> <b>Type specimens examined:</b> HOLOTYPE ♂: Uganda: Kampala, 9.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (BMNH). PARATYPES: Uganda: Kampala, 11.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (♂, BMNH); Uganda: Kampala, 10.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves), (♀, BMNH), Uganda: Kampala, 9.IV.1934 (H. Hargreaves) (♀, BMNH).</p> <p>Body shape elliptical, convex, small (LB = 3.3 mm), bluish-green-, with four large reddish-brown spots on the elytra (Fig. 7), 1st–5th antennal segments, tibiae, tarsi, coxae and abdominal sternities reddish-brown. Head greenish-blue (Fig. 11), finely punctured, labrum black and impunctate with curved anterior margin; clypeus short; antennae passing a little base of elytra, the first basal segments from 1-5 reddish-brown, and the rest darker and slightly pubescent. Prothorax bluish-green (LP = 0.5 mm), finely and evently punctured, transverse, with maximum pronotal width at base (WP = 1.4 mm) and strongly contracted in front, lateral sides margined. Scutellum triangular, impunctate, bluish-green. Elytra bluish-green (LE = 2.4 mm), with four large reddish-brown spots, sub-cylindrical, maximum elytral width at basal half (WE = 1.9 mm), rounded at apex, finely sparsely punctate-striate, feebly toward apex, with intervals finely punctured; humeral callus feebly protruding. Coxa, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown; femora bluish-green; hind femora swollen; a small spine at apex of hind tibiae; all tarsi with hair pad ventrally. Ventral surface reddish-brown; sternites strongly punctured; first abdominal segment punctuated and with dense hairs, the remaining segments with scattered punctures and slightly pubescent. Male with last abdominal segment sinuate (rounded in female).</p> <p>Paratypes similar in habitus and markings to the holotype. Measurements of male (n=1): LB = 3.4 mm; LP = 0.6 mm; WP = 1.5 mm; LE = 2.5 mm; WE = 1.8 mm; LA = 1.07 mm); Median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view parallel in ⅔ and narrow basally, with narrow groove underside (LA = 1.07 mm) and apically with rounded tip; in lateral view, median lobe bent in ⅓ of its length, (Figs. 20, 21 and 22). Females generally slightly larger than males (measurements of females: LB = 3.5 & 3.6 mm; LP = 0.5 & 0.7 mm; WP = 1.3 & 1.9 mm; LE = 2.5 & 2.9 mm; WE = 1.6 & 1.9 mm; LS = 0.34 mm). Spermatheca narrow, converted C-shaped with very small base and sclerotised duct (Fig. 23).</p>Published as part of <i>El Torkey, Ashraf M. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2015, Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 430-440 in Zootaxa 4028 (3)</i> on pages 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/245254">http://zenodo.org/record/245254</a&gt

Flexural Behavior of One-Way Slabs Reinforced with Welded Wire Mesh under Vertical Loads

This paper aims to study the behavior of one-way concrete solid slabs reinforced with welded wire mesh to investigate the efficiency of using welded wire mesh in the construction of structural slabs as a replacement for ordinary steel bars. This research included experimental and analytical programs. Nine 700×1050 mm one-way simple specimens and six 525×1050 mm continuous one-way slabs with two equal spans were tested under point, line, and uniform static loads. The experimental program studied the use of welded mesh and the number of layers utilized. Numerical analysis was conducted using finite element modeling developed using the ABAQUS 6.13 software package. Experimental and analytical results showed good correlation: the number of layers of welded metal mesh and load type significantly affected the peak vertical load capacity of simple and continuous slabs, with slabs showing higher values with welded mesh than those of ordinary reinforcing bars. In addition, using welded metal mesh to reinforce solid slabs enhanced their cracking behavior as well as their ductility. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-04-03 Full Text: PD