Crasodactylus punctatus Guérin-Ménéville, 1847

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 : 89

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5176756
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5188432
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scientific name	Crasodactylus punctatus Guérin-Ménéville, 1847
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Material examined (22 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Firmihin , 12.474N, 54.015E, 530 m a.s.l., 23.–24.ii.2000, 5 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. D. W. Wrase ( JFCP, DWCB) GoogleMaps ; Firmihin , 12.474N, 54.015E, 530 m a.s.l., x.2000, 1 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. D. W. Wrase ( CULS) GoogleMaps ; Zerik , 25.–27.iii.2001, 3 spec., lgt. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, det. D. W. Wrase ( JFCP, DWCB) ; east of Hadiboh , near Suq, approximately 12°26′N, 54°01′E, 28.x.2000, 1 spec., lgt. H. Pohl, det. M. Persohn ( HLMD) GoogleMaps ; Diksam , Skant, 12°28′31.6″N, 54°00′04.7″E, 26.ii.2009, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( RFBE) GoogleMaps ; Wadi Mathif , 12°27′28.38″N, 54°18′22.32″E, 20.vi.2009, 1 spec., lgt. V. Hula, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; Skant area , 12°34′33″N, 54°01′31″E, 1300–1500 m a.s.l., 31.i.–1.ii.2010, 3 spec., lgt. L. Purchart, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; Al Haghier Mountains , Skant Mountain environment, 12°34.6′N, 54°01.5′E, 1450 m a.s.l., 12.–13.xi.2010, 3 spec., lgt. J. Hájek, det. R.F.F.L. Felix ( NMPC) GoogleMaps ; Diksam , 12°30.492′N, 54°00.29′E, 20.i.2001, 4 spec., lgt. V. Neumann, det. D.W. Wrase ( DWCB) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 9.2–10.0 mm. Black, femora brown, tibiae and antennae red. Head and pronotum coarsely and scarcely punctured. Pronotum transverse with completely rounded posterior angles. Borders of intervals on both sides with dense row of punctures and pubescence.

Collection circumstance. The specimens from Diksam were collected in plant material on granite covered with Dracaena cinnabari Balf. f. ( Asparagaceae ). Others, from Skant, were found under stones or running on a grassy clearing surrounded by montane evergreen woodland.

Distribution. Known from Algeria to India, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia. First record from Socotra Island.