Atholus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lackner, Tomáš & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2017, Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 55-76 : 64

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0107
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11855C01-FBC0-4B44-89F8-7C7E0379C8E9
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E54567F-D337-FFB7-FE59-FAA1FF69546C
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Atholus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Atholus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA: 1 spec., wadi Ayhaft , 12°36′38″N, 53°48′49″E, 190 m, 24.–26.xi.2003, D. Král lgt GoogleMaps .; 1 spec., Homhil protected area, 12°34′27″N, 54°18′32″E, 364 m, 28.–29.xi.2003, D. Král lgt GoogleMaps .; 5 spec., Al Haghier Mts. , wadi Madar, 12°33.2′N, 54°00.4′E, 1180–1230 m, 12.–14.xi.2010, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek & L. Purchart lgt GoogleMaps .; 2 spec., Hagher Mts. , Scand Mt. env., montane evergreen woodland, 12°34.6′N, 54°01.5′E, 1450 m, 16.–18. vi.2012, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps .

Comments. This species, described from ‘Europe’ is nearly cosmopolitan ( MAZUR 2011). It occurs both on mammal faeces and carcasses. Reported from Socotra already by WRANIK (2003).