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.
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5176756
0374-1036
5176756
Scarites
(
Parallelomorphus
)
terricola aethiopicus
Bänninger, 1933
Material examined (
67 spec.
).
YEMEN
:
SOCOTRA ISLAND
:
W Socotra,
6.–24.ix.1999
,
1 spec.
, lgt. V.
Bejček
& K.
Šťastný
, det.
P. Bulirsch
(
JFCP
)
;
Calanthia
,
29.–30.iii.2001
,
1 spec.
, lgt.
V. Bejček
&
K. Šťastný
, det.
P. Bulirsch
(
JFCP
)
;
Wadi Faar
,
12.433N
,
54.195E
,
69 m
a.s.l.
,
1.iv.2001
,
1 spec.
, lgt. V.
Bejček
&
K. Šťastný
, det.
P. Bulirsch
(
PBCP
)
;
Qalansiyah
environment,
Khayrha mountains
, N slopes,
12°38′50″N
,
53°27′45″E
,
85–592 m
a.s.l.
,
9.–10.xii.2003
,
1 spec.
, lgt. J.
Farkač
, det.
P.Bulirsch
(
JFCP
)
;
Kam village
,
10 km
E Hadibo
,
60 m
a.s.l.
,
12°33′42″N
,
54°07′05″E
,
5.v.2004
,
3 spec.
, lgt.A.
Reiter
, det.
P.Bulirsch
(
JFCP
,
NMPC
,
PBCP
)
;
Qalansiyah
environment,
Ditwah
(lagoon),
12°41′42″N
,
53°30′08″E
,
23 m
a.s.l.
,
9.xii.2003
,
1 spec.
, lgt. D.
Král
, det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
NMPC
)
;
NW Qalansiya
, inside village, wadi, 1403969N, 769884E,
5 m
a.s.l.
,
21.ii.2008
,
41 spec.
, lgt. & det.
I. Brunk
(revid. by
Wrase
) (
IBCD
,
PBCP
,
DWCB
)
;
Ridah
(
Mômi
),
12°32′40.3″N
,
54°17′41.1″E
,
24.ii.2009
,
2 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Wadi Shiliyin
(
Mômi
),
12°32′10.5″N
,
54°14′44.0″E
,
25.ii.2009
,
2 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Lagoon Sirhin
,
12°40′09.4″N
,
54°02′07.7″E
,
27.ii.2009
,
3 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Qalansiyah
,
12°41′47.5″N
,
53°29′02.8″E
,
28.ii.2009
,
6 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Qaysah
near
Qalansiyah
, south bank of the wadi at the skirt of the forest,
12°40′13.7″N
,
53°28′02.0″E
,
28.ii.2009
,
2 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Mômi
plateau,
Wadi Teida
,
12°31′36.5″N
,
54°14′42.8″E
,
297 m
a.s.l.
,
2.ii.2009
,
1 spec.
, lgt. & det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
RFBE
)
;
Haghier Mountains
.,
Ayheft valley
,
20.iii.2009
,
1 spec.
, lgt.
Saldaitis
, det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
IRSB
)
;
Wadi Difarroha
, south side,
15.i.2010
,
1 spec.
, lgt.
Saldaitis
, det.
R.F.F.L. Felix
(
IRSB
)
.
Diagnosis.
Body length 15.0–19.0 mm. Black. Third interval of elytra with first puncture sometimes lacking. Striae towards apex weaker, more or less vanishing. Head smooth in middle, wrinkled along eyes. Pronotum strongly transverse, lateral margins weakly rounded. Outer furrow of mandible almost always with one or two longitudinal keels, or smooth in basal part (
BÄNNINGER 1938
).
Collection circumstances.
In Ridah (Mômi) the specimens were collected in a pasture alongside the wadi, north of the road. Rather abundant at sandy sites.
Distribution.
This subspecies is known from Sardinia (Italy), Algeria, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
First record from
Socotra Island
.