Fauna of Saudi Arabia, Volume 7

About this book

Volume 7 contains a collection of articles on a zoological survey, coral reefs, Tubificidae, Acari, Isoptera, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, fishes, amphibians, and Carnivora.

Contents

General
Preface: A. Al-Gain   1
Introduction: Editors   3
Büttiker, W.: Zoological Survey in Saudi Arabia 1983-1985   5

Marine Ecology of Saudi Arabia
Sheppard, C.R.C., Sheppard, A.L.S.: Reefs and Coral Assemblages of Saudi Arabia. 1. The Central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah   17
Sheppard, C.R.C.: Reefs and Coral Assemblages of Saudi Arabia. 2. Fringing Reefs in the Southern Region, Jeddah to Jizan   37

Annelida of Saudi Arabia
Erséus, C: Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)   59

Mites of Saudi Arabia
Bayoumi, B.M., Al-Khalifa, M.S.: Oribatid Mites (Acari) of Saudi Arabia   66

Crustacea of Saudi Arabia
Ferrara, F., Taiti, S.: The Terrestrial Isopods (Oniscidea) of the Arabian Peninsula   93

Insects of Saudi Arabia
Chhotani, O.B., Bose, G.: Isoptera of Saudi Arabia (Part 4)   122
Hamid, A., Hamid, B.L.: Lygaeidae, Subfam. Lygaeinae of Saudi Arabia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)   125
Burckhardt, D.: Sternorrhyncha: Suborder Psyllodea of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)   141
Bílý, S.: Coleoptera: Fam. Buprestidae of Saudi Arabia (Part 4)   160
Arenberger, E.: Contribution to the Distribution of the Pterophoridae in Saudi Arabia   165
Pittaway, A.R.: Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera of Western Saudi Arabia   172
Haenni, J.-P.: Diptera: Fam. Bibionidae and Scatopsidae of Saudi Arabia   198
Guichard, K.M.: Wasps of the Family Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of the Arabian Peninsula   202
Collingwood, C.A.: Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia   230

Fishes of Saudi Arabia
Ross, W.: Oasis Fishes of Eastern Saudi Arabia   303

Amphibians of Arabia
Balletto, E., Cherchi, M.A., Gasperetti, J.: Amphibians of the Arabian Peninsula   318

Mammals of Arabia
Furley, C.W.: Notes on Breeding the Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs) in Captivity   393
Gasperetti, J., Harrison, D.L., Büttiker, W.: The Carnivora of Arabia    397

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