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Article History

Received: 21 December 2023

Revised: 10 August 2024

Accepted: 24 September 2024

First Online: 24 October 2024

Declarations

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for animal testing, animal care, and use of animals were followed by the authors.

: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgments. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.

: COI and 12SrDNA sequences obtained in the current study were uploaded to GenBank database under the accession numbers PQ039716-PQ039718, PP001177- PP001182, and PP001186-PP001203.

: AGK: Conceptualization, investigation, methodology, data curation, formal analysis, manuscript writing. AE: Investigation, methodology. HH: Qatari sample collection, data curation, formal analysis, manuscript writing. RS: sample collection, data curation, formal analysis, manuscript writing. EM-A: Egyptian sample collection, data curation, formal analysis, manuscript writing. AO: Data curation, formal analysis, manuscript writing and critical revision, project administration. KM-G: Conceptualization, formal analysis, manuscript writing, preparing response to reviewers’ comments.