Synchita africana ( Grouvelle, 1905 )

Schuh, Rudolf, 2012, Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 287-294 : 288

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5354596
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5452519
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scientific name	Synchita africana ( Grouvelle, 1905 )
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Synchita africana ( Grouvelle, 1905)

Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: wadi Ayhaft, 200 m, 12°36.5′N, 53°58.9′E, 7.–8.xi.2010, 1 spec., Jiří Hájek leg. ( NMPC).

Comment. The species was described from Equatorial Guinea (former Spanish Guinea) by GROUVELLE (1905) and so far reported also from Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( POPE 1961).Additional specimens from Gambia, Kenya, Somalia and continental Yemen have been examined (R. Schuh, unpublished data). First record from Socotra Island.