Wednesday 10 April 2013

Research links: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Recently, Darren Mann (HEC) and Mike Wilson, Head of Entomology at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff visited Tabuk, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia. They were there to meet lecturers and students of Tabuk University and discuss setting up collaborative links to establish an entomology course, a collection of insects and undertake a faunal survey of the area. Below are some pictures from their trip:

Darren, night collecting- sorting dung beetles from camel dung
 
A hawkmoth (Sphingidae) caterpillar. Note the spine on its rear end.

Anthia duodecimguttata Bonelli, 1813, a species belonging to the coleoptera family Carabidae (Ground beetles) 
Species of the genus Anthia are some of the largest of the Carabidae. All of them are heavily armoured and have strong, sharp mandibles which they use to catch and crush their prey with. The species are usually black with either white or creamy-yellow spots or stripes on them. Many of them also have descriptive species name. With the above species 'duodecimguttata' translates roughly as '12-spot'.

Mike attempting to make friends with the local camel population

A desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Orthoptera: Acrididae.

Darren, camel trekking. Note the slightly uncertain look on his face and the slightly wry one of the face of the camel.
Darren attested to the speediness of this particular camel, something that it seemed particularly proud of and eager to demonstrate at any available opportunity.

Orthoptera: Acrididae, Poekilocerus bufonius (Klug, 1832), a possible new species record for this area of Saudi Arabia.
The grasshopper above can be identified as female by looking at the length of the wings. In this instance the end of the abdomen (tip of its bottom) pokes out by an easily visible amount from under its wings. Male grasshoppers of this species have wings that completely cover the abdomen.

Dermaptera (earwigs) feeding on a flower head of Cynomorium coccineum L. at night

Darren and Mike with , Haitham Badrawy, one of the lecturers at Tabuk University.

4 comments:

  1. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete

  2. شركة تنظيف خزانات بمكة


    افضل عروض و خدمات شركة المنزل
    شركة تنظيف خزانات بمكة تقدم
    باقل الاسعار التي لا تقبل المنافسة

    شركة المنزل شركة غسيل خزانات بمكة بافضل مواد التنظيف التي تزيل
    كافة البكتريا و تعيد تعقيم الخزان لمياة صحية نظيف
    شركة المنزل شركة تنظيف خزانات بمكة باحدث الوسائل العلمية و افضل الفنيين ذو الخبرة في هذا
    المجال

    شركة غسيل خزانات بمكة


    http://elmnzel.com/cleaning-tanks-makkah

    ReplyDelete
  3. شركة غسيل شقق بالمدينة المنورة
    نحن افضل شركة غسيل شقق بالمدينة نقوم بتنظيف المنزل بجميع محتوياتة ,نقدم اقل الاسعار بالمملكة السعودية ,لدينا فريق تنظيف كبير و متكامل ذو خبرة طويلة في خدمات النظافة بالمدينة المنورة,اتصل الان واحصل علي عروض وأسعار مميزة من أفضل شركة نظافة بالمدينة المنورة يمكنك الاعتماد عليها في تنظيف المنزل في الحال
    أفضل شركة نظافة بالمدينة المنورة
    http://elmnzel.com/cleaning-medina/

    ReplyDelete
  4. The research links on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has for the country's contemporary gaining. Best Trevel Apps The compilation of credible sources makes it a go-to reference for academics, students, and anyone seeking comprehensive knowledge about Saudi Arabia.

    ReplyDelete