Scarites (Parallelomorphus) terricola subsp. aethiopicus Banninger 1933
Creators: name: Felix, Ron F. F. L.
name: Farkač, Jan
name: Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Scarites
Scarites terricola
Scarites (parallelomorphus) terricola aethiopicus bänninger, 1933

description: Scarites (Parallelomorphus) terricola aethiopicus Bänninger, 1933   
 Material examined (67 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: W Socotra, 6.–24.ix.1999, 1 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. P. Bulirsch (JFCP); Calanthia, 29.–30.iii.2001, 1 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. P. Bulirsch (JFCP); Wadi Faar, 12.433N, 54.195E, 69 m a.s.l., 1.iv.2001, 1 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. P. Bulirsch (PBCP); Qalansiyah environment, Khayrha mountains, N slopes, 12°38′50″N, 53°27′45″E, 85–592 m a.s.l., 9.–10.xii.2003, 1 spec., lgt. J. Farkač, det. P.Bulirsch (JFCP); Kam village, 10 km E Hadibo, 60 m a.s.l., 12°33′42″N, 54°07′05″E, 5.v.2004, 3 spec., lgt.A. Reiter, det. P.Bulirsch (JFCP, NMPC, PBCP); Qalansiyah environment, Ditwah (lagoon), 12°41′42″N, 53°30′08″E, 23 m a.s.l., 9.xii.2003, 1 spec., lgt. D. Král, det. R.F.F.L. Felix (NMPC); NW Qalansiya, inside village, wadi, 1403969N, 769884E, 5 m a.s.l., 21.ii.2008, 41 spec., lgt. & det. I. Brunk (revid. by Wrase) (IBCD, PBCP, DWCB); Ridah (Mômi), 12°32′40.3″N, 54°17′41.1″E, 24.ii.2009, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Wadi Shiliyin (Mômi), 12°32′10.5″N, 54°14′44.0″E, 25.ii.2009, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Lagoon Sirhin, 12°40′09.4″N, 54°02′07.7″E, 27.ii.2009, 3 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Qalansiyah, 12°41′47.5″N, 53°29′02.8″E, 28.ii.2009, 6 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Qaysah near Qalansiyah, south bank of the wadi at the skirt of the forest, 12°40′13.7″N, 53°28′02.0″E, 28.ii.2009, 2 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Mômi plateau, Wadi Teida, 12°31′36.5″N, 54°14′42.8″E, 297 m a.s.l., 2.ii.2009, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Haghier Mountains., Ayheft valley, 20.iii.2009, 1 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix (IRSB); Wadi Difarroha, south side, 15.i.2010, 1 spec., lgt. Saldaitis, det. R.F.F.L. Felix (IRSB).   
 Diagnosis. Body length 15.0–19.0 mm. Black. Third interval of elytra with first puncture sometimes lacking. Striae towards apex weaker, more or less vanishing. Head smooth in middle, wrinkled along eyes. Pronotum strongly transverse, lateral margins weakly rounded. Outer furrow of mandible almost always with one or two longitudinal keels, or smooth in basal part (BÄNNINGER 1938).   
 Collection circumstances. In Ridah (Mômi) the specimens were collected in a pasture alongside the wadi, north of the road. Rather abundant at sandy sites.   
 Distribution. This subspecies is known from Sardinia (Italy), Algeria, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. First record from Socotra Island.
description: Published as part of Felix, Ron F. F. L., Farkač, Jan & Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, 2012, Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 75-106 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 on pages 95-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756