Published December 17, 2012 | Version v1

Platytarus faminii subsp. faminii faminii (Dejean 1826

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Netherlands; e-mail: Ron. Felix @ naturalis. nl
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Conservation and Research Unit at the Environmental Protection Authority Socotra Island, Hadiboh, Yemen; e-mail: qamhem @ yahoo. com

Description

Platytarus faminii faminii (Dejean, 1826)

Material examined (1 ex.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Gubbah di-Net, 12°28′52″ N, 53°23′07.4″E, 2 m a.s.l., 28.x.2010, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE).

Diagnosis. Body length 7.0–8.0 mm. Brown, head with longitudinally furrowed frons. Elytra more or less parallel-sided, with shoulder keel.

Collection circumstances. The specimen was collected at light in a saltmarsh.

Distribution. Mediterranean region, the Middle East and Africa. First record from Socotra Island.

Notes

Published as part of Felix, Ron F. F. L., Farkač, Jan & Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, 2012, Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 75-106 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 on page 91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756

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References

  • DEJEAN M. 1826: Species general des coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome second. Crevot, Paris, VIII + 501 pp.