Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago Author Felix, Ron F. F. L. Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Netherlands; e-mail: Ron. Felix @ naturalis. nl Author Farkač, Jan Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, CZ- 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: farkac @ fld. czu. cz Author Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed Conservation and Research Unit at the Environmental Protection Authority Socotra Island, Hadiboh, Yemen; e-mail: qamhem @ yahoo. com text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Editor Hajek, J Editor Bezdek, J 2012 2012-12-17 Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. 52 75 106 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5176756 0374-1036 5176756 Socotrana labroturrita Cassola & Wranik, 1998 Material examined ( 11 spec. ). YEMEN : SOCOTRA ISLAND : near Suq , E of Hadiboh , approximately 12°26′N , 54°01′E , 28.x.2000 , 4 spec. , lgt. H. Pohl , det. F. Cassola ( HLMD ) ; same data, 1 spec. , lgt. A. van Harten , det. H. Pohl ( HLMD ) ; Suq , 2.xi.2010 , 5 spec. , lgt. R.F.F.L. Felix , R.P.W.H. Felix , J. Bouwman & R. Ketelaars , det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE , IBCD ) ; Shahab area , Baa village environment, ca. 12°32.5′N 54°10.4′E , 215 m , 9.xi.2010 , 1 torso found under stone, leg. & det. J. Hájek ( NMPC ) . Diagnosis. Body length 9.5–10.0 mm. Slender, long-legged, elytra bluish black, each with a narrow yellowish spot along lateral margin from shoulder to apex. A very extraordinary cicindelid beetle; placed by CASSOLA & WRANIK (1998) close to the African genera Dromica Dejean, 1826 and Euryarthron Guérin-Ménéville, 1849 . Collection circumstances. In both February/ March 2009 and October/ November 2010 the species was often unsuccessfully searched for at the places mentioned by CASSOLA & WRA- NIK (1998) and CASSOLA & POHL (2004) . Finally, it was found at dawn near Suq village. The beetles were extremely rapid and always in hiding underneath stones. The following evening no specimens were found at the same location although circumstances seemed similar. Distribution. A species endemic to Socotra Island .