Abstract
An updated checklist of the Arabian species of Embolemidae is provided here. The list includes a single species: Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997. Distributions, both on the Peninsula and extra-limital, are provided; this species is not endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.
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