Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831)

Felix, Ron F. F. L., Farkač, Jan & Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, 2012, Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. (Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52), pp. 75-106 : 79

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5176756
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C27787E3-FF8E-FFC1-B6A2-64717136D67C
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831)
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Treatment

Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831) View in CoL

Material examined (57 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Neet , x.2000, 30 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. P. Votruba ( JFCP, CULS, PVCP) ; Qariyah , lagoon, 12°38′N, 54°12′E, 4.ii.1999, 4 spec., lgt. H. Pohl, det. F. Cassola ( HLMD) GoogleMaps ; Noged , Farmihin, near beach, 12°24′41″N, 54°13′35″E, 24.–25.x.2000, 2 spec., lgt. & det. H. Pohl ( HLMD) GoogleMaps ; Lagoon Qaryah , 12°32′22.7″N, 54°17′38.5″E, 24.ii.2009, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) GoogleMaps ; Shuab location coast line, mangroves, 23.iii.2009, 10 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( IRSB) ; Gubbah di- Net, 12°28′52.9″N, 53°23′07.4″E, 2 m a.s.l., 28.x.2010, 8 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) GoogleMaps ; Deham , beach, 4.xi.2010, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) .

Diagnosis. Body length 8.0–15.0 mm (11.0–13.5 mm in Socotran specimens). Elytra dark coppery bronze with well developed spots, mostly united, elytral sides rounded, suture purple and with more or less purple triangle between basal spots of humeral lunula. The specimens from the Qaryah Lagoon lack purple triangle.

Comments on classification. MANDL (1959) described the subspecies Calomera aulica cupraria from Obock ( Djibouti), which is 9.0–11.0 mm long, with a differently shaped pronotum and clearer spots on elytra compared to the nominate subspecies. Colour is light coppery-red with reddish golden suture. According to LORENZ (2005), C. a. cupraria is a synonym of C. a. aulica . PUCHKOV & MATALIN (2003) mention only the nominate subspecies from Yemen.

Collection circumstances. An additional one specimen was observed on the beach near our campsite north of Qalansiya, 28.ii.2009. In 2010, the species was very abundant at light in mangrove-bushes, near an open saltmarsh in Gubbah di-Net. In Deham several specimens were seen around a pool on the beach.

Distribution. The species was mentioned from Socotra by WRANIK (2003) and has a vast distribution from Cape Verde and southern Europe through North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to Iraq, Iran, India and Pakistan.