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31-Mar-2010

1. Paratomoxioda harteni (Horak, 2009)

Green Mubazzarah, Al Ain, UAE

ID by Dr. Jan Horak, Prague, Czech Republic

Described in 2009 by Dr. Jan Horak from UAE and Oman specimens, it is one of only 7 species known in this family from Arabia. More in Arthropods Fauna of the UAE Volume 2.

Here is one photographed perhaps for the first time alive.

Nikon D3
1/800s f/3.5 at 185.0mm iso360 full exif

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