Published December 17, 2012 | Version v1
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Distichus (Distichus) pachycerus Chaudoir 1880

  • 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

Distichus (Distichus) pachycerus Chaudoir, 1880

Material examined (4 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Neet, 8.–9.iii.2000, 1 spec., lgt. V.Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. P. Bulirsch, (PBCP); Lagoon Deham, 12°36′57″N, 53°51′21″E, 21.ii.2009, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Gubbah di-Net, 12°28′52.9″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 11.5–12.0 mm. Black, shiny. Base of antennae reddish, darker towards end. Legs black, tarsomeres red. Forehead smooth, basal part of head and basal half of pronotum punctured. Three setae in third stria, additional one seta in apical part of fourth interval.

Collection circumstances. Both specimens collected in 2009 were found underneath small stones between marine vegetation on clayish substrate. One specimen was found dead. The specimen in Gubbah di-Net was found walking on open patch in mangrove bushes in a saltmarsh.

Distribution. Known from Africa and Saudi Arabia. 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 95, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
PBCP , RFBE
Event date
2000-03-08 , 2009-02-21 , 2010-10-28
Verbatim event date
2000-03-08/09 , 2009-02-21 , 2010-10-28
Scientific name authorship
Chaudoir
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Distichus
Species
pachycerus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Distichus (Distichus) pachycerus Chaudoir, 1880 sec. Felix, Farkač & Suleiman, 2012