Platylomalus digitatus (Wollaston, 1867)

Lackner, Tomáš & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2017, Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 55-76 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0107
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11855C01-FBC0-4B44-89F8-7C7E0379C8E9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345832
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E54567F-D334-FFB4-FE42-FDCEFB8551C9
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Platylomalus digitatus (Wollaston, 1867)
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Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA: 1 spec., Dixam Plateau , Firmihin (Dracaena forest), 12°28.6′N, 54°01.1′E, 490 m, 15.–16.xi.2010, Jan Batelka lgt. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 1 spec., Socotra W, 12°39′37″N, 53°26′42″E, 240–300 m, 15.vi.2009, L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 1 spec., Wadi Ayhaft , 190 m, 12°36.5′N, 53°58.9′E, 200 m, 7.–8.xi.2010, P. Hlaváč lgt. ( TLCM) GoogleMaps .

Comments. This species was described from the Cape Verde Archipelago, but it occurs in the entire region of tropical Africa ( MAZUR 2011). Recently KANAAR (2008) reported it also from the United Arab Emirates. In the light of its UAE discovery, its occurrence in Socotra, an island between the continent of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is not surprising.