Colotrema asirensis Wittmer, 1979

Plonski, Isidor S., 2017, Colotrema socotrana sp. nov. from Socotra Island, with new records of the genus from Yemen (Coleoptera: Malachiidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 125-131 : 129

Colotrema asirensis Wittmer, 1979

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Material examined. YEMEN: 1♀ ( NMPC), Yemen, Sana’a env., Bait Bows dam, 15°16.398′N, 44°11.634′E, 2300 m, 21.vi.2010, V. Hula & J. Niedobová leg. ; 1 ♀ ( NMPC), Yemen, Sana’a gov., Jabal Haraz Mts. , S of Manakhah vill., 15°03.7′N, 43°44.6′E, 2510 m, 3.xi.2010, J. Bezděk leg.

Note. Determination of female malachid beetles is generally very difficult to impossible. However, the two females reported above fit the original description very well, and seem to differ only in having the basal antennomeres darkened on the upper side in female from Jabal Haraz. This feature was not mentioned by WITTMER (1979), and is here considered a part of the chromatic variability.

Distribution. Heretofore, C. asirensis was only known from two localities in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia. The two females reported above represent the first country record for Yemen.

Figures

Figs 1–4. Habitus of Colotrema. 1–2 Colotrema socotrana sp. nov.: 1 – female allotype; 2 – male paratype #1; 3 – C. assirensis Wittmer, 1979; 4 – C. testacea wajjensis Wittmer, 1980. Not in scale.