Mesalina sp.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17808189 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8BC6175B-A57E-56AB-8FF6-C2BC904649B8 |
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Mesalina sp. |
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Material examined.
IRC 001, Az Zakhnuniyyah Island, 30 August 2024. IRC 011, Abu Ali Island, 3 October 2024.
Observed.
Al-Huwaylat Island, 29 May 2025. Al Fanateer Island, May 2025.
Remarks.
The taxonomy of the Mesalina guttulata complex was revised recently by Šmíd et al. (2025). They described a new species, Mesalina cryptica , from the Tuwaiq Escarpment near Riyadh. Its distribution extends from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Perhaps previous records for Mesalina brevirostris reported from several localities around Al Jubail and Jana Island ( Martens 1996), Failaka Island, Kuwait ( Amr et al. 2021), and 12 islands in the UAE ( Soorae 2004) may well represent Mesalina cryptica .
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