Information: Rhizoplatys arabicus, is a very rare endemic and interesting species that was described by Dechambre in 2005 from the Jabel Samhan Mountains located in southern Oman, Dhofar Province.
Body length:
Peak activity: August- October
Remarks: The species lives only in the Jabal Samhán mountains at an altitude of around 1000 m. Rhizoplatys arabicus develops exclusively in the roots of Euphorbia sp. He is sometimes drawn to a light trap.
Distribution: Oman (Dhofar)
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Sultanate of Oman 
Dhofar prov.
Jabal Samhán
Aqarhanawt env.
(GPS) 
Altitude ~1200m a.s.l. | 7.10.2013
Our observation period: August ~ October
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap 
& at the roots of Euphorbia sp. plants 
OmanThe Dynastidae of the World
Rhizoplatys arabicus
