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Male genital armature - ZUNINO (1972). Material examined -Prov. Hama, Jabal An Nusayrîyah, Jourin, -650 m, 20. V.

2004 (30, CLN; 6, HNHM). Euontophagus atramentarius (MÉNÉTRIES, 1832) Type locality - Baku, Azerbaijan. Distribution - Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Middle East (BALTHASAR 1963). Male genital armature - ZUNINO (1972). Material examined -Prov. Hama, Jabal An Nusayrîyah, Jourin, -650 m, 20. V.

2004 (20, CLN; 2, HNHM). Onthophagus (Furconthophagus) furcatus (FABRICIUS, 1781) Type locality - Arabia. Distribution - Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Middle East (BALTHASAR 1963), Central Asia to Mongolia (ZlANI & GUDENZI 2000), Morocco (BARAUD 1985). Male genital armature - ZUNINO (1979). Material examined - Prov. Hama, Jabal An Nusayrîyah, Jourin, -650 m, 20.V.

2004 (5, CLN; 2, HNHM); prov. Hama, Jabal An Nusayrîyah, Kansabba, -800 m, 20.V.2004 (3, CLN). Onthophagus (Onthophagus) illyricus (SCOPOLI, 1763) Type locality - Carniolia, Slovenia. Distribution - Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Iraq, Iran, Syria (BALTHASAR 1963). Male genital armature - ZlANI & GUDENZI (2000). Material examined-Prov. Latakia, Jabal An Nusayrîyah, Slunfeh, -1100 m, 19. V.2004 ( 1, CLN). Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (SCHREBER, 1759) Type locality - Saxony, Germany. Distribution - Europe, Asia Minor, Middle East to Afghanistan (BALTHASAR 1963), North Africa (BARAUD 1985). Male genital armature - ZUNINO (1979). Material examined-Prov. Damascus, Jabal ash Sharqi, Ayn an Nusur, -2100 m, 23.V.2004(1, CLN); prov. Latakia, Jabal al Aqra, Kasab, -800 m, 28.V.2004 (3, CLN).