This study aimed to explore the rate of decomposition of rabbit carcasses and the succession pattern of the associated dipteran flies outdoor, indoor, and on the roof of a 4-story building during the summer and winter. A total of 6,069 flies were recorded, with 30.91% reported as 2 waves outdoor and on the roof in the summer and 69.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, the fauna of Saudi Arabian Dermestinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) is summarised. Six species and single species from two Marioutini genera, , are reported. Dermestes (Dermestinus) undulatus Brahm, 1790 and Dermestes (Dermestes) haemorrhoidalis Küster, 1852 are newly recorded from Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Foerster belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae and the vast majority of its species are arboreal or generalised foragers. The genus is composed of 70 described species, 22 known subspecies and six valid fossil species worldwide, while from the Arabian Peninsula, three species have been recorded so far.
New Information: Ants of the genus of the Arabian Peninsula are reviewed, keyed and illustrated, based on the worker caste.
In this study, the Saudi Arabian Thorictinae beetle species, Háva & Abdel-Dayem, , Háva & Abdel-Dayem, , Háva & Abdel-Dayem, , Háva & Abdel-Dayem, are described, illustrated, and compared with related species. Three other species: Germar, 1834; Wasmann, 1894; and Chobaut, 1904 are excluded from the fauna of Saudi Arabia. A list of Thorictinae species from the Arabian Peninsula is provided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Laparoscopic techniques are now an integral part of the operative management of colorectal diseases. However, the specialist training that is required for this is not uniformly available. There is, therefore, a need for a structured competency-based training method so that trainees can navigate the learning curve safely.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study systematically catalogues all known taxa of the family Stratiomyidae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is one in a series of planned studies aiming to catalogue the whole order in both countries.
New Information: Twenty species, belonging to seven genera and three subfamilies (Pachygastrinae, Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae), are treated.
Background The frequency of radiological surveillance after curative colorectal cancer resection has long been a controversial issue with the need to balance potential harm from ionizing radiation and the financial burden of intense surveillance against advantages of early detection of recurrent disease. NICE guidelines issued in 2018 suggested having two surveillance computed tomography (CT) scans within three years of surgery without specifying the timing or the interval. Aim To examine whether an evidence-based flexible approach based on individual patients' risk factors can add value to surveillance protocols.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Farasan Archipelago is a group of small coral islands and islets in the southern Red Sea, offshore of the southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). These islands are internationally important as breeding sites for turtles and bird species and regionally for its threatened, rare, and endemic flora and other fauna. The beetles (Coleoptera) of the Archipelago have not been previously surveyed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAll known taxa of the family Oestridae (superfamily Oestroidea) in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are systematically catalogued herein. Three oestrid subfamilies have been recorded in Saudi Arabia and/or Egypt by six genera: (Gasterophilinae), , (Hypodermatinae), , , and (Oestrinae). Five spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study presents new data on the lacewing fauna of Saudi Arabia based on field work performed between 2014 and 2019. Sixty-one lacewing species from 37 genera and seven Neuroptera families were documented. Additionally, two species belonging to and were identified only to genus level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study is one in a series of planned studies on different Egyptian dipteran taxa aiming to catalogue the whole order in Egypt.
New Information: All known Egyptian taxa of the family Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) are systematically catalogued. A total number of 64 species belonging to 11 genera, four tribes and four subfamilies has been treated.
Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Thyridanthrax spp. collected in field trips or preserved in the Efflatoun's insect collection in Cairo University were taxonomically studied. One new species, T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe onthophagine fauna of the Arabian Peninsula is reviewed. New data from public and private collections are given. The total number of Onthophagini known from the Peninsula now stands at 30 species, without taking into account dubious records, belonging to seven genera.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the Carabidae collected at the Shada Al-A'Ala Nature Reserve (SANR) in Baha Province in southwestern Saudi Arabia during 2013-2015. In total, 62 carabid species and subspecies representing 39 genera, 17 tribes, and 10 subfamilies were identified, including one new species, Nagel & Rasool, , four new country records, and 24 species that are new provincial records for Baha. The carabid fauna was dominated by the Lebiini with 19 species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy of ground beetles of the Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, located in the Asir Mountains of southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) resulted in one species, Paussus abditus Nagel, sp. n. described as new to science.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, species of the subtribe Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810 from southwestern Saudi Arabia are revised. Eleven species in six genera (, , , , , and ) are recognized. Rasool, Abdel-Dayem and Felix, is newly described species from Rayda Nature Reserve Asir province.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, descriptions, illustrations, distributional maps and a key for the subtribe Lebiina Bonelli, 1810 of Lebiini are presented for the two genera, Lebia Latreille, 1802 and Matabele, Peringuey, 1896 and six species from the southwest of Saudi Arabia. Lebia raeesae sp. n is described as a new species, L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study was conducted as a part of a comprehensive baseline survey of insect biodiversity of Rawdhat Khorim National Park (RKNP), Central Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). During this study a total of 262 Coleoptera species belong to 182 genera in 35 families were identified, of which 247 are named at a species level. Fifteen species (6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe carabid subtribe Cymindidina Laporte, 1834 is reviewed for the southwestern Saudi Arabia. Five species belonging to two genera (Afrotarus Jeannel, 1949 and Cymindis Latreille, 1806) are studied, including two species described as new: A. fadli sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe first list of insects of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was published in 2013 and contained a total of 582 species; an addendum to this list was published in 2015 adding 142 species and bringing the total number recorded from the province to 724 insect species representing 17 orders. The previous two studies excluded Jabal Shada al-A'la Nature Reserve (SANR), so the present study in SANR, as belonging to Al-Baha Province, are complementary to the previous two. The present study presents a preliminary list of Diptera (Insecta) in SANR, with remarks on their zoogeography, and is the first of a series of planned ecological and systematic studies on different insect orders as one of the outputs of a project proposed to study the entire insect fauna of SANR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The mosquito, Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles is a prevalent and confirmed Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) vector. This vector, in association with Aedimorphus arabiensis (Patton), was responsible for causing the outbreak of 2000 in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia.
Methodology/principal Findings: Larval occurrence records and a total of 19 bioclimatic and three topographic layers imported from Worldclim Database were used to predict the larval suitable breeding habitats for this vector in Jazan Province using ArcGIS ver.
Rawdhat Khorim, a densely vegetated alluvial basin supporting a distinctive floral community in the hyper-arid desert of central Saudi Arabia, is one of the most important protected nature sanctuaries of the country. The ant fauna (Formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim was sampled and 14 species, including one new species were collected using a variety of sampling methods. The new species, Tetramorium saudicum sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A
June 2012
Background: Laparoscopic colorectal procedures (LCPs) are technically demanding; previous abdominal surgery may add to their complexity. The aim of our study was to assess the effect of previous abdominal surgery (PAS) on laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Subjects And Methods: A prospective database was used to record LCPs between 2001 and 2011.