This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.pensoft.net/journals/jhr/article/5841/first-record-of-chiasmognathus-from-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-hymenoptera-apidae-The cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel was previously known from specimens collected in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Here we report and figure two individuals captured in central Saudi Arabia

Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.

Engel, Michael S.

Hannan, Mohammed A.

Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A.

Journal of Hymenoptera Research

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The cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel was previously known from specimens collected in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Here we report and figure two individuals captured in central Saudi Arabia

Alqarni, Abdulaziz

Hannan, Mohammed

Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael

Engel, Michael

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First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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KU ScholarWorks | http://kuscholarworks.ku.eduFirst record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). by Abdulaziz S. Alqarni et al.KU ScholarWorks is a service provided by the KU Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright.This is the published version of the article, made available with the permission of the publisher.  The original published version can be found at the link below.Alqarni et al. (2013). First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35:83-89. Published version: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.35.5841 Terms of Use: http://www2.ku.edu/~scholar/docs/license.shtmlPlease share your stories about how Open Access to this article benefits you.2013First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) 83First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)Abdulaziz S. Alqarni1, Mohammed A. Hannan1, Ismael A. Hinojosa-Díaz2, Michael S. Engel31 Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Environmental Studies, Math & Science Center, 400 Dowman Drive, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA 3 Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USACorresponding author: Abdulaziz S. Alqarni (alqarni@ksu.edu.sa)Academic editor: W. Pulawski |   Received  21 June 2013  |  Accepted 14 August 2013  |  Published 25 October 2013Citation: Alqarni AS, Hannan MA, Hinojosa-Díaz IA, Engel MS (2013) First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 83–89. doi: 10.3897/JHR.35.5841AbstractThe cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel was previously known from specimens collected in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Here we report and figure two individuals captured in central Saudi Arabia.KeywordsApoidea, Anthophila, cleptoparasitism, cuckoo bees, biodiversity, AmmobatiniIntroductionThe cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel comprises some of the smallest and most distinctive species of the tribe Ammobatini, and at lengths as low as 2 mm are among the tiniest of all Anthophila (Engel 2006, 2009). Species of Chiasmognathus are found in the east from Central Asia to Sri Lanka, extending from their westward through the Mid-dle East into northern Africa and marginally in southeastern Europe (Engel 2006, 2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2009, 2010; Straka and Engel 2012; Engel and Packer 2013) (Map 1). The JHR 35: 83–89 (2013)doi: 10.3897/JHR.35.5841www.pensoft.net/journals/jhrCopyright Abdulaziz S. Alqarni et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.RESEARCH ARTICLEAbdulaziz S. Alqarni et al.  /  Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 83–89 (2013)84largest species, Chiasmognathus batelkai Straka and Engel, is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and also marks the westernmost occurrence of the genus as it is presently under-stood (Straka and Engel 2012) (Map 1). Where known, species are cleptoparasites of the equally diminutive bees of the tribe Nomioidini (Engel 2006, 2007, 2009; Rozen 2008; Straka and Engel 2012). Nomioidini are widespread throughout the Old World and it is likely that Chiasmognathus is similarly distributed, with its currently more restrictive range an artifact of sampling. Given that these cleptoparasites are in lower abundance than their hosts, minute in their proportions (even the giants of the genus are scarcely over 4 mm in total length), and frequently sampled only from nesting aggregations of their hosts. Accordingly, records of the genus are scant at present and much remains to be discovered about their systematics, diversity, biogeography, and biology. Rozen (2008) provided in-formation on the immature stages and biology of C. pashupati Engel in Pakistan, and this remains the most extensive source of information regarding the genus.During recent sampling efforts across Saudi Arabia two specimens of Chiasmogna-thus were captured, both from central Saudi Arabia near Riyadh. One female and one male of C. nearchus Engel, previously known from the United Arab Emirates and Oman and known to victimize Nomioides rotundiceps Handlirsch (Engel 2009). Herein we pro-vide details on these new records, adding the genus to the list of supraspecific bee taxa occurring in the Kingdom, and drawing the attention of melittologists in the region to the species in the hopes of learning more about these minute and elusive cleptoparasites.Material and methodsMaterial discussed herein was collected as part of general wild bee surveys underway by the authors throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ongoing since 2011. Specimens were compared with the original type series of C. nearchus deposited in the Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum (Engel 2009). Photomi-crographs were prepared with a Canon 7D digital camera attached to an Infinity K-2 long-distance microscope lens.SystematicsGenus Chiasmognathus EngelChiasmognathus nearchus Engelhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Chiasmognathus_nearchusFigs 1–10Material. 1♀ (Figs 1–3), Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Al Amariah, Majra [Mazra’ah], Al-Gasim [farm], 2.viii.2011 [2 August 2011], I. Naser; 1♂ (Figs 4–6), Saudi Arabia: First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) 85Map 1. Distribution of currently described species of Chiasmognathus Engel (Ammobatini); numbered subsets refer to inserts in primary map at top.Abdulaziz S. Alqarni et al.  /  Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 83–89 (2013)86Figures 1–3. Female of Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel from Amariah, Saudi Arabia. 1 Lateral habitus 2 Facial view 3 Dorsal habitus.Riyadh, Honeybee Queen Breeding Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Namar, 9.x.2012 [9 October 2012], M.A. Hannan. The female is deposited in the King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agricul-ture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while the male is deposited in the Division of Entomology, Snow Entomological Collections, Univer-sity of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.Comments. The new material does not differ in any significant manner from the diagnosis and description of the species as provided by Engel (2009). Unfortunately, First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) 87the sole Saudi male is not preserved in the best condition, with some distortion of the antennae and much of the body matted resulting from the mode of collection and subsequent preparation (Figs 4–6). Nonetheless, it was suitable for dissection and the terminalia are presented here for the first time (Figs 7–10) and for comparison with those structures depicted for other species (e.g., Engel 2006, 2007, 2010; Straka and Engel 2012; Engel and Packer 2013).Presently there are only three species of Chiasmognathus recorded from the Arabian Peninsula: C. aurantiacus Engel from the United Arab Emirates, C. himyarensis Engel from southwestern Yemen, and C. nearchus from Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and now central Saudi Arabia. A key to these species was provided by Engel (2009). The new records presented herein push the distribution of C. nearchus and the genus Figures 4–10. Male of Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel from Namar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4 Lateral habitus 5 Facial view 6 Dorsal habitus 7 Seventh metasomal sternum 8 Eighth metasomal sternum 9 Genital capsule, dorsal view 10 Genital capsule, ventral view.Abdulaziz S. Alqarni et al.  /  Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 83–89 (2013)88as a whole westerly into the central desert region of Saudi Arabia. This is not surpris-ing given the broader distribution of the group as well as that of its hosts. Species of Nomioides Schenck and Ceylalictus Strand are both present throughout the peninsula (Pesenko and Pauly 2009) and there is therefore every reason to suspect that with continued intensive sampling additional records will be forthcoming. Moreover, given that there are at least 20 species of Nomioidini present in the region it is possible that new species of Chiasmognathus may be recovered. Given the more varied habitats to the southwest, it is possible that endemic species of the genus may be found in the mountainous regions such as the Asir and Sarawat ranges south from Makkah (Mecca) and Taif, or in the low elevation plain of the Tihamah bordering the Red Sea. Unfor-tunately, at present none of the Saudi specimens have been collected in a context from which a positive host association can be made. Given that aggregations of N. rotundi-ceps are in the area, as well as other nomioidine species, it is possible that this is the host of the Saudi populations of C. nearchus just as is the case for those in the United Arab Emirates (Engel 2009).AcknowledgementsThe authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding the work through the research group project No. RGP-VPP-189. 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