Abstract
New species and a new sex association are proposed in the genera Gynecaptera Skorikov, 1935 and Macroocula Panfilov, 1954 (Bradynobaenidae, Apterogyninae). Two new species from Al-Madina region (Saudi Arabia), G. albicrus sp. nov. and M. madinaensis sp. nov., are described, illustrated and compared with the closest species. The previously unknown female of M. sinaica (Invrea, 1963) is described and illustrated for the first time.
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