Hathal Mohammed Al Dhafer

Hathal Mohammed Al Dhafer (1965–), Saudi entomologist. Surname also published as Aldhafer or Al-Dhafer.

العربية: هذال بن محمد بن هذال آل ظافر

• King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Taxon names authored

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• 1 taxon names authored by Hathal Mohammed Al Dhafer

Publications

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2013

• Schawaller, W., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Fadl, H.H. 2013. Boromorphus saudicus sp. n., a new record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Boromorphini). Zoology in the Middle East 59: 148–151. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2013.810878. . Reference page. 
• Schawaller, W., El Torkey, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H. 2013. The genera Cneocnemis Gebien and Cenoscelis Wollaston in Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Ulomini). Zoology in the Middle East 59: 342–346. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2013.868138 . Reference page.  
• Sharaf, M.R., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. Al Dhafer, H.M. & Aldawood, A.S. 2013. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr. Zootaxa 3709(6): 565–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6 Reference page. 

2014

• El-Hawagry, M.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2014. Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 3872(4): 387–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.6 Reference page. 
• Medvedev, L.N., El Torkey, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2014. A new genus of Clytrinae from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 124(1): 7–9. Reference page. 
• Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2014. First Record of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arabian Peninsula with Description of a New Species and Notes on the Zoogeography of Southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE. 9(11): e111298. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111298 . [Correction: 2015. 9(11): e111298. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111298 .] Reference page. 
• Schawaller, W., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Elgharbawy, A.A. 2014. The genera Philhammus and Cnemeplatia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnemeplatiini) in the Arabian Peninsula, with taxonomic and faunistic remarks on additional species. Zoology in the Middle East 60: 246–250. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2014.943463 . Reference page.  

2015

• El-Sonbati, S.A., Wilson, M.R. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2015. A new species of the leafhopper genus Naevus Knight, 1970 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini), from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 4059(2): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• El Torkey, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2015. Amphimela raydahensis sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa 4028(3): 430–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• El-Hawagry, M.S., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Elgharbawy, A.A. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2016. A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Jabal Shada al-A’la Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera, Insecta). ZooKeys 636: 107–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.636.9905 Reference page. 
• El-Sonbati, S.A., Wilson, M.R. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2016. Paraorosius, a new genus of leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini), with description of a new species from the Middle East. Zootaxa 4150(5): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.5. Reference page. 

2017

• Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Fad, H.H., El-Torkey, A.M., Elgharbawy, A.A., Aldryhim, Y.N., Kondratieff, B.C., Al Ansi, A.N. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2017. The beetle fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Rawdhat Khorim National Park, Central Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys 653: 1–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.653.10252. Reference page. 
• Bezděk, J., El-Torkey, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2017. A new species of Cryptocephalus from Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Annales Zoologici 67(1): 69–77. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.008 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• El-Sonbati, S.A., Wilson, M.R. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2017. A new leafhopper genus with two new species related to Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (Hemiptera, Deltocephalinae, Cicadellidae, Opsiini). European Journal of Taxonomy 308: 1–24. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.308 . Reference page. 
• Gadallah, N.S., Soliman, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2017. First record of the genus Eucremastus Szépligeti, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4216(4): 339–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.4.3. Reference page. 
• Rasool, I., Felix, R.F.F.L., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2017. A review of subtribe Cymindidina Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) in Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4236(1): 151–171. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.9. Reference page. 
• Soliman, A.M., Gadallah, N.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2017. First record of the family Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) for the fauna of Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4311(1): 23–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.2. Reference page. 

2018

• Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Rasool, I., Elgharbawy, A.A., Nagel, P. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2018. Faunistic inventory and zoogeographical analysis of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Southwestern of Saudi Arabia, and description of a new species of Paussinae. Zootaxa 4514(3): 341–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3 Reference page. 
• Gattolliat, J-L., Kondratieff, B.C., Kaltenbach, T. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2018. Labiobaetis from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). ZooKeys 774: 77–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.774.25273 Reference page. 
• Gul, M.A., Soliman, A.M., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Gadallah, N.S. 2018. Species of Dirhinus Dalman, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae, Dirhininae) from Saudi Arabia: new species and a new record. Zootaxa 4483(3): 455–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.3.3 Reference page. 
• Rasool, I., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Felix, R.F.F.L. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2018. The Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810 of southwestern Saudi Arabia with description of a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). ZooKeys 771: 73–103. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.771.24165 Reference page. 
• Rasool, I., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Felix, R.F.F.L. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2018. A review of the Subtribe Lebiina Bonelli (Lebiini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) from Southwest of Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 4379(1): 87–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.5 Reference page. 
• Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Aldawood, A.S. 2018. Review of the ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 780: 35–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.26272 Reference page. 
• Soliman, A.M., Gadallah, N.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2018. An illustrated key to the Saudi Arabian species of the genus Macroocula Panfilov, 1954, with the description of a new species and the previously unknown female of M. andreai Pagliano (Hymenoptera, Bradynobaenidae, Apterogyninae). ZooKeys 742: 35–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22854. Reference page. 

2019

• Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Elgharbawy, A.A., Rasool, I., Nagel, P. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2019. The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae. ZooKeys 812: 93–131. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.812.30937 . Reference page. 
• El-Sonbati, S.A., Wilson, M.R. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2019. Revision of the leafhopper genus Orosius Distant, 1918 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) in the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4565(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.1.2 Reference page. 
• Gadallah, N.S., Soliman, A.M., Aldryhim, Y.N. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2019. First contribution to the study of the genus Micatagla Argaman, 1994 (Hymenoptera, Bradynobaenidae, Apterogyninae) in the fauna of Saudi Arabia, with the description of four new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 70: 17–40. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.70.33381 Reference page. 
• El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2019. On the taxonomy of the genus Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken in Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Zootaxa 4701(6): 501–519. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.6.1 Reference page. 
• El-Hawagry, M.S.A. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2019. The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). Zootaxa 4590(1): 59–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3 Reference page. 
• Soliman, A.M., Gadallah, N.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2019. First record of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae, Ooderini) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 874: 47–68. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.874.35935 Reference page. 
• Ziani, S., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Barbero, E. 2019. An overview of the Onthophagini from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 4658(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.1 Reference page. 

2020

• Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Abu El-Ghiet, U.M., El-Sheikh, T.M., Elgharbawy, A.A., Al-Fifi, Z.I.A. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2020. The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys, 959: 17–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.959.51224 Reference page. 
• Al Ansi, A., Alkhalaf, A.A., Fadl, H., Rasool, I. & Al Dhafer, H. 2020. An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys, 1006: 35–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1006.59123 Reference page. 
• Dawah, H.A., Abdullah, M.A., Ahmad, S.K., al-Dhafer, H. & Turner, J. 2020. An overview of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 4855(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4855.1.1 Reference page. 
• Gadallah, N.S., Soliman, A.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. First record of the subfamily Epitraninae from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae), with the description of three new species. ZooKeys, 979: 35–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.52059 Reference page. 
• El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. The family Oestridae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera, Oestroidea). ZooKeys, 113–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.947.52317 Reference page. 
• Letardi, A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. New faunal data on lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera) collected from Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys, 936: 111–148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.936.49962 Reference page. 
• El-Sonbati, S.A., Wilson, M.R. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2020. The Tamarix feeding Leafhopper genus Opsius Fieber, 1866 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Opsiini) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 67(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.3897/dez.67.46662 Reference page. 

2021

• Háva, J., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Aldhafer, H.M. 2021. The subfamily Thorictinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys 1029: 155–174. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.63940 Reference page. 
• Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S., Sharaf, M.R. 2021. An update to the taxonomy and distribution of the Arabian Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an illustrated key and remarks on habitats. Biodiversity Data Journal. 9: e66058. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66058 Reference page. 

2023

• Háva, J., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2023. The subfamily Dermestinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys 1138: 161–173. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1138.90338 Reference page. 

2024

• Rapuzzi, P. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2024. The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera). Revue suisse de Zoologie 131(1): 177–217. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0119 Reference page. 

2025

• Rasool, I., Alattal, Y.Z., Al Ansi, A.N. & Al Dhafer, H.M. 2025. The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species. Zootaxa 5627(3): 431–454. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2 Reference page. 

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