New record of the Arabian Endemic Tarantula Satyrex ferox Zamani & von Wirth, 2025 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Eumenophorinae) from southern Oman, with notes on its predator - (2025)

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Ali Abduallah Al-Jahdhami, Sulaiman Ali Al-Hashmi, Ahmed Hamood Albusaidi, Adil Salam Ward Al-Riamy, Hilal Saud Al-Naabi, Mohammed Ahmed Al-Hadhrami

Volume: 18 - Issue: 0

Resumo. The present communication deals with the recording of Satyrex ferox Zamani & von Wirth, 2025 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Afrotropical part of Oman (Dhofar region). This species is recorded from Southern Oman for the second time. A brief description of the morphology of S. ferox is provided, along with notes on its predator, the tarantula hawk Hemipepsis heros (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae).

Keywords: Afrotropical, New record, spiders, Dhofar region, Oman, Yemen

Idioma: English

Registro: 2026-06-26 19:22:35

https://www.entomobrasilis.org/index.php/ebras/article/view/1124

10.12741/ebrasilis.v18.e1124