Tachyura (Tachyura) ferrugata (Reitter, 1895)

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 : 101-102

Tachyura (Tachyura) ferrugata (Reitter, 1895)

Material examined (218 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Hoq , from coast till cave entrance, 12°36′N, 54°21′E, 50–350 m a.sl., 5.–6.ii.1999, 1 spec., lgt. H.Pohl, det. T.Kopecký ( HLMD) ; Ayhaft , 15.iii.2000, 6 spec., lgt. V.Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. J. Farkač ( JFCP, TKHK) ; Wadi Faar , 12.333N, 54.195E, 69 m a.s.l., 1.iv.2001, 1 spec., lgt. V.Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. T. Kopecký (as T.ceylanica ) ; Noghed Moghar , 31.iii.2001, 1 spec., lgt. V.Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP) ; Dixam plateau, Sirhin area, 12°31′08″N, 53°59′09″E, 812 m a.s.l., 1.–2.xii.2003, 21 spec., lgt. J. Farkač, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP, TKHK, CULS, OHCP) ; Qaareh (waterfall), Noged plain, 12°20′10″N, 53°37′56″E, 57 m a.s.l., 5.–6.xii.2003, 10 spec., lgt. J. Farkač, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP, TKHK, CULS) ; same data, 2 spec., lgt. P. Kabátek, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP) ; Homhil protected area, 12°34′27″N, 54°18′32″E, 364 m a.s.l., 28.–29.xi.2003, 2 spec., lgt. P. Kabátek, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP) ; Wadi Esgego , Dixam plateau, 12°28′09″N, 54°00′36″E, 300 m a.s.l., 2.–3.xii.2003, 1 spec., lgt. J. Farkač, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP) ; same data, 1 spec., lgt. P. Kabátek, det. T. Kopecký ( JFCP) ; Zeeriq , Dixam plateau, 12°31′08″N, 53°59′09″E, 3.xii.2003, 1 spec., lgt. P. Kabátek, det. T.Kopecký ( JFCP) ; Wadi Esgego , Diksam plateau, 12°28′09″N, 54°00′36″E, 300 m a.s.l., 2.–3.xii.2003, 1 spec., lgt. D.Král, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; Noged plain, Qaareh (waterfall), 12°20′10″N, 53°37′56″E, 57 m a.s.l., 5.–6.xii.2003, 7 spec., lgt. D. Král, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; hills near Hadiboh , 23.ii.2008, 2 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( IRSB) ; Wadi Zerik , Diksam, 12°30′09.1″N, 53°59′24.2″E, 21.ii.2009, 7 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Wadi Ayhaft , camp, 12°36′58.7″N, 53°59′30.6″E, at light, 22.ii.09, 45 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Wadi Irih , 12°27′05.5″N, 54°09′16.6″E, 3.iii.2009, 1spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Wadi Ayeft , 28.ii.–1.iii.2009, 3 spec., lgt. P. Lo Cascio & F. Grita, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( PLFG) ; Hoq cave , 12°35′15.83″N, 54°21′16.26″E, 4.iii.2009, 62 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Zemhon area , 12°30′38″N, 54°06′39″E, 270–350 m a.s.l., at light, 3.–4.ii.2010, 18 spec., lgt. L. Purchart & J. Vybíral, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; Wadi Irih , 12°27′05.5″N, 54°09′16.6″E, 3.iii.2010, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Wadi Ayaft , 12°36′41.1″N, 53°58′05.9″E, 171 m a.s.l., 26.x.2010, 3 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Wadi Ayaft , 12°36′39.1″N, 53°58′44.8″E, 26.x.2010, 7 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Adhoh di-Melhoh, 12°34′31.2″N, 54°02′53.8″E, 903 m a.s.l., 31.x.2010, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; path from Wadi di-Negehen to Adhoh di-Melhoh, 31.x.2010, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) ; Firmihin ( Dracaena forest), 12°28.6′N, 54°01.1′E, 490 m a.s.l., 15.–16.xi.2010, 2 spec., lgt. J. Hájek, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; same data, 1 spec., lgt. P. Hlaváč, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; same data, 2 spec., lgt. J. Bezděk, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; same data, 6 spec., lgt. L Purchart, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) ; Aloove aerea, Hassan village environment, 12°31.2′N, 54°07.4′E, 221 m a.s.l., 9.–10.xi.2010, 2 spec., lgt. J. Bezdĕk, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) .

Diagnosis. Body length 2.2–2.8 mm. Head and pronotum shiny yellow-red. Elytra yellow, with more or less diamond-shaped brown spot reaching lateral margins, and with five punctured striae – striae VI and VII hardly visible. Antennae and legs yellow. Colour variability: apical spots very light and yellow in some specimens, while humeral spots are darker and more reddish; dark pattern can be reduced or almost indistinct. In some specimens stria VI, although much weaker, clearly visible; or striae much weaker from stria V onwards.

Comments on classification. One specimen was erroneously identified as T. ceylanica , which is smaller, with different shape of pronotum, and elytra with only three distinctly visible striae, the remaining striae obsolete (T. Kopecký, pers. comm. 2012).

Collection circumstances. The specimens collected in Hoq cave were found at dusk at the entrance in gravel at moist places. Others were collected at light.

Distribution. Mentioned from Greece, Turkey and Syria. Recorded from Socotra by KOPECKÝ (2009).

Pogonini