Alogista sp.

Novák, Vladimír & Purchart, Luboš, 2012, New species of the genus Socotralia and first record of the genus Alogista from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 323-336 : 335

Alogista sp.

Material examined. 1 spec., ‘ YEMEN, SOCOTRA Island / Aloove area , HASSAN vill. env. / 12°31.2′N, 54°07.4′E / 221 m / Jiří Hájek leg.m 9-10.xi.2010 ’ ( NMPC) ; 1 spec., ‘ YEMEN, SOCOTRA Island, / Dixam plateau, / Firmihin ( Dracaena forest ) / 12°28.6′N, 54°01.1′E, 490 m, / P. Hlaváč leg., 15-16.xi.2010 ’ ( NMPC) ; 1 spec., same data, but Jiří Hájek leg. ( NMPC) .

Remarks. This is a new record for the genus from the Socotra Archipelago. Alogista Fåhraeus, 1870 is a widely distributed genus and with the exception of southern Africa occurs in most parts of Africa, including Madagascar. It contains about 150 species described mainly by Maurice Pic (almost 90 % of all known species). At present it is almost impossible to study all the Pic’s types and although it has never been reported from the Socotra Archipelago and the Arabian Peninsula so far, the authors refrain from describing this species as a new one.