Calosoma (Calosoma) chlorostictum chlorostictum 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 : 78-79

Calosoma (Calosoma) chlorostictum chlorostictum Dejean, 1831

Material examined (10 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Hadiboh village and environments, 12°36′57″N, 54°01′01″E, 20.x.–1.xi.2000, 3 spec., lgt. H. Pohl, det. M. Persohn (as C.chlorostictum ivinskisi Obydov & Saldaitis, 2010 ) ( HLMD) ; near Hadiboh , 11.i.2010, 1 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( IRSB) ; top of Ayheft valley , 17.i.2010, 3 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( IRSB) ; sand dunes near Irisseyl location, 17.i.2010, 1 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( IRSB) ; Adhoh di Melhoh , 12°34′19.9″N, 54°02′49.0″E, 31.x.2010, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) .

Diagnosis. Body length 23.0–24.5 mm. Black with bronze lustre. Pronotum wide, convex, coarsely punctured, basal fovea deep. Elytra short-oval, greatest width behind middle, rather convex, shoulders prominent. Elytral sculpture triploid, homodynamous, intervals moderately convex.

Comments on classification. GAHAN (1903) mentioned Calosoma rugosum (DeGeer, 1783) from Socotra, a synonym of Calosoma chlorostictum chlorostictum . OBYDOV & SALDAITIS (2010) treat the Socotran population as the subspecies C. chlorostictum ivinskisi . The status of the latter is discussed by FARKAČ & HÄCKEL (2012).

Collection circumstances. The specimens from Adhoh di Melhoh were found underneath stones near a low stony wall.

Distribution. Widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa, from Egypt to Cape Province, also on the Arabian and Yemen mainland.