Harpalus (Cryptophonus) tenebrosus Dejean, 1829

Felix, Ron F. F. L., 2017, New species and new distributional data on Carabidae (Coleoptera) from the Socotra Archipelago, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 41-54 : 51-52

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0106

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345984

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scientific name

Harpalus (Cryptophonus) tenebrosus Dejean, 1829
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Harpalus (Cryptophonus) tenebrosus Dejean, 1829 View in CoL

Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: 1 spec., Momi area, 29.ix.1999, W. Wranik leg. ( WWCR).

Diagnosis. Length 8.0– 11.5 mm. Black; antennae, palpi, tarsi, sometimes tibiae reddish, middle antennomeres somewhat darker. Tarsi without pubescence. All intervals glabrous. Base of pronotum punctured. Ventrites glabrous except for the two obligatory setae.

FELIX et al. (2012) discussed and depicted the differences with the very similar Harpalus (Cryptophonus) agnatus Reiche, 1849 , also known from Socotra.

Remarks. Mentioned in WRANIK (2003) as Harpalus sp.

Distribution. Widely distributed in western, central and southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Asia Minor to Middle Asia, also in the Yemen mainland. First record from Yemen ( Socotra Island).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Harpalus

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