A new subgenus and species of Lebia, with additional records of Carabidae (Coleoptera) from Socotra Island
Felix Ron F. F. L.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54(supplementum): 101-114, 2014
Published in print: 30th December 2014
Views: 1191
Abstract: Odontopeza subgen. nov., a new subgenus of Lebia Latreille, 1802, with the type
species Lebia (Odontopeza) socotrana sp. nov. is described and illustrated from
Socotra Island, Yemen. The new subgenus is characterised by prominent blunt
teeth on the inner side of the male mesotibia, besides a combination of other
characters like presence of epilobes on mentum, deeply lobed metatarsomere IV,
completeness of basal line of elytra, presence of seta on palpomere I, and an
lack of incision on male apical ventrite. In addition, three carabid species are
recorded from Socotra for the first time: Amblystomus aeneolus (Chaudoir, 1876),
Platymetopus figuratus cf. somalicus Basilewsky, 1948, and Tachys lenkoranus
Csiki, 1928. They increase the total number of Carabidae identified to species
level from the island to 46; five species are considered to be endemic to
Socotra Island.
Key words: Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae, Lebia, Odontopeza, taxonomy, description, new subgenus, new species, new records, Yemen, Socotra
Papers
Earwigs (Dermaptera) of Socotra Island: checklist, distribution, and description of a new genus and four new speciesJumping plant-lice of Socotra Island (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island A new subgenus and species of Lebia, with additional records of Carabidae (Coleoptera) from Socotra IslandOchthebius hajeki sp. nov. from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)A review of the Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Socotra IslandDelopleurus mencli sp. nov. from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)Canuschiza of Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Part 1. Canuschiza insularis species groupThe Limnichidae (Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula and the island of SocotraA new species of the genus Anthrenus from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)Two new species of Afrocyrona from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)Revision of the genus Histeromorphus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Socotra Archipelago with descriptions of three new speciesTwo new species of the genera Zophosis and Oxycara, and a new record of the genus Freyula from the Island of Socotra (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)A review of the Saharo-Sindian species of the genus Zonitoschema (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with description of new species from Tunisia, Yemen and Socotra IslandCryptocephalus socotrensis sp. nov., the first representative of the genus from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)A new Afrotropical Neobarombiella species from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)A new genus and species of Rhinocartini (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Rhynchitinae) from Socotra IslandApionidae, Nanophyidae, Brachyceridae and Curculionidae except Scolytinae (Coleoptera) from Socotra IslandA new species of Micatagla from Socotra Island (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae: Apterogyninae)New synonymy of Oplodontha minuta (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) with its first record from Socotra Island