Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) infernalis socotrensis Brown, 1956
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Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) infernalis socotrensis Brown, 1956 View in CoL
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Rhagovelia infernalis socotrensis Brown, 1956: 140–142 , figs 1c, 2c ( original description). Holotype: ♀ (apterous), Yemen:Socotra, stream at Hadiboh ( BMNH).
Published records. TASCHENBERG (1883, as ‘ Velia sp. ?’): Socotra (no exact locality); BROWN (1956): stream at Hadibo [= Hadiboh]; WRANIK (1999, 2000, 2003): Socotra (no exact locality).
Material examined. SOCOTRA: Diksam [= Dixam, ca. 500–1000 m a.s.l.], xi.1997, 1 L, W.Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Dixam plateau, Firmihin, small brook under Firmihin (12°28′36ʺN 54°01′06ʺE), 490 m a.s.l., 14.–15.vi.2012, 3 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ (ap) 1 L, Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC); Dirhashas [= Di Hashus, ca. 950–990 m a.s.l.], ix.1998, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (ma) 6 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀ (ap) 3 L, W. Wranik lgt., R. Linnavuori det., P. Kment revid. ( WWRG → NMPC); Firmihin, [ca. 390–760 m a.s.l.], iii.1999, 1 ♂ (ma) 3 L, W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Hagher Mts., wadi Madar (12°33′12ʺN 54°00′24ʺE), brook in montane shrubland, 1170 m a.s.l., 18.vi.2012, 6 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC, MMBC, NHMW); Halla area, Arher (12°33′00ʺN 54°27′36ʺE), freshwater spring in sand dune, 5 m a.s.l., 9.–10.vi.2012, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ap), Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC); Homhil, [ca. 300–600 m a.s.l.], ix.1998, 4 ♀♀ (ap) 1 L, W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Homhil protected area,Ain Tsahrin spring (12°34′12″N 54°18′30″E), 435 m a.s.l., 11.vi.2012, 10 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀ (ap) 7 L, Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC, MMBC, NHMW); Homhil Wadi, 600 m a.s.l., 5.vi.2008, 1 ♂ (ma) 39 ♂♂ 59 ♀♀ (ap), A. Carapezza lgt. ( ACPI, BPBM); Wadi Ayhaft (12°36′30″N 53°58′54″E), 200 m a.s.l., 7.–8.xi.2010, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (ma) 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (ap), J. Hájek lgt. ( NMPC, NHMW); Wadi Daneghan [= Dineghen, 5–900 m a.s.l.], 2 ♀♀ (ap), W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC); Wadi Dirhor, [300–570 m a.s.l.], 8.vi.2008, 4 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (ma) 23 ♂♂ 21 ♀♀ (ap), A. Carapezza lgt. ( ACPI, BPBM); Wadi Kilisan, [365 m a.s.l.], ix.1998, 2 ♀♀ (ap) 4 L, W. Wranik lgt. ( WWRG → NMPC).
Identification. LUNDBLAD (1936) (key, redescription of Rh. i. infernalis , description of Rh. i. africana, figures), BROWN (1956) (description, figures); WRANIK (1999, 2000) (habitus photo of larva); WRANIK (2000, 2003) (habitus photo of adult).
Habitat. Collected on surface of a spring and several small brooks (e.g. Fig. 50 View Figs 49–53.49 ) in coastal to montane zone (5−1170 m a.s.l.). LINNAVUORI (1971) collected Rh. infernalis africana in South Sudan in mountain and rain-forest cold brooks. In contrast, HYNES (1955) found Rh. i. africana in Kenya and Somalia only at altitudes below 200 m where it occurred on both permanent and temporary rivers.
Distribution. Palaearctic Region: Socotra ( BROWN 1956). The nominotypical subspecies R. infernalis infernalis ( Butler, 1876) was described from Rodrigues ( BUTLER 1876, as Velia infernalis ; LUNDBLAD 1936) and subsequently recorded from Reunion ( POISSON 1957b), Mauritius ( MAMET 1957, as Rh. infernalis ; SALLIER DUPIN 1976), and the Comoros ( POISSON 1957d, 1959a, with note on variation). Rhagovelia infernalis andranombyi Poisson, 1952 was described from Madagascar ( POISSON 1952a). Rhagovelia infernalis africana Lundblad, 1936 is widely distributed in continental Subsaharan Africa: Burkina Faso ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Central African Republic ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Chad ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Democratic Republic of the Congo ( POISSON 1942, 1954b, 1963, 1968a; POISSON & SALLIER DUPIN 1969), Ethiopia ( MANCINI 1961), Guinea ( BERTRAND 1962), Ivory Coast ( BERTRAND 1962, POISSON 1968b, SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Kenya ( HYNES 1955, LUNDBLAD 1936, POISSON 1963), Niger ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Nigeria ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), Republic of the Congo ( BERTRAND 1962), Rwanda ( POISSON 1955b), Somalia ( HYNES 1955), South Africa ( POISSON 1957a), South Sudan ( LINNAVUORI 1971), Swaziland ( POISSON 1963), Uganda ( POISSON 1963), Tanzania ( POISSON 1960 a, 1963; SALLIER DUPIN 1976), Togo ( SALLIER DUPIN 1979), and Zimbabwe ( POISSON 1963) as well as in the Palaearctic Region: Israel ( NIESER 1995), Cyprus and possibly also in Greece (Rhodes Isl.) ( FENT et al. 2011).
SALLIER DUPIN (1976) recorded Rh. i. infernalis and Rh. i. africana from the same locality – Kinola, Mts. Uluguru, Tanzania, and listed the distribution of both subspecies as follows: Rh. i. infernalis from Rodrigues, Mauritius, South Africa (Cape, Transvaal), Zaïre [= Democratic Republic of the Congo], Guinea, and Ivory Coast, and Rh. i. africana from Swaziland, Rhodesia [= Zambia and Zimbabwe], Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda ( SALLIER DUPIN 1976). The records of SALLIER DUPIN (1976) require a critical revision.
NMPC |
National Museum Prague |
MMBC |
Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum] |
NHMW |
Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien |
BPBM |
Bishop Museum |
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