Contains articles on Molluscs, Arachnids and Insects.
Preface: H.E. Dr Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel VII
Introduction: Editors VIII
Molluscs
DINAPOLI, A. & JANSSEN, R.: Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Socotra Archipelago – Systematics and Biogeography 1
NEUBERT, E.: The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and Northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea) 47
Arachnids
DELLE CAVE, L., GARDNER, A.S. & WEYGOLDT, P.: A new troglomorphic whip spider of the genus Charinus from the Sultanate of Oman (Amblypygi: Charinidae) 129
VIAL, L. & CAMICAS, J.-L.: Description of a new soft tick species of the genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844 (Acari: Argasidae) from Oman 135
Insects
BELLÉS, X.: Spider beetles (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from the Socotra Archipelago 145
BATELKA, J.: A new species of the genus Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae) from the Arabian Peninsula 155
SCHAWALLER, W.: A new genus and species of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates 163
YEFREMOVA, Z.A. & YEGORENKOVA, E.N.: A review of the subfamily Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Yemen, with descriptions of new species 169
SHARAF, M.R.: A new ant species of the Technomyrmex albipes-group from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 211
PESENKO, Y.A. & PAULY, A.: A contribution to the fauna of the Nomioidine bees of the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) 217
ENGEL, M.S.: The bee genus Chiasmognathus in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 237
DISNEY, R.H.L.: Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Part II: the genus Megaselia 249
DAWAH, H.A. & ABDULLAH, M.A.: The Calliphoridae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) of south-western Saudi Arabia 359
DAWAH, H.A. & ABDULLAH, M.A.: The Muscidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Muscomorpha) of south-western Saudi Arabia 373