A preliminary checklist of some insects (Coleoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera) from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Luca Bartolozzi; Colin Jackson; Judith Ochieng

doi:10.15468/7qbsd3

A preliminary checklist of some insects (Coleoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera) from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya

Citation

Bartolozzi L, Jackson C, Ochieng J (2024). A preliminary checklist of some insects (Coleoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera) from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Version 1.2. A Rocha Kenya. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7qbsd3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, located South of Gede in Kilifi County, at c. 400 km2 is the largest, most intact coastal forest in East Africa. It is globally renowned as a biodiversity hotspot and not least for invertebrates. However, very little is known about the entomological fauna that occur in the forest other than butterflies. The checklist presented here lists 225 taxa of Coleoptera, Odonata and Hymenoptera that were found and identified during several visits to the forest between 1992 and 1998. These represent the only confirmed list of Coleoptera, Odonata and Hymenoptera for the locality, and could be the basis for further research in the area and for its conservation management. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the following taxa new to science were described on the material found in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, a testimony to its rich biodiversity. Coleoptera: Siopelus demeyeri (Carabidae); Dromica kenyana, Elliptica kenyana, Lophyra neglecta sublittoralis (Carabidae Cicindelinae); Brachida bartolozzii, Diplopleurus dilatatiapex, Tyloplatyola bartolozzii, Zyras malindicus, Zyras pardii, Zyras perarcuatus (Staphylinidae); Coccimarygmus arabukosokokensis, Hyboproctus pardii, Lyprochelida ugolinii, Platydema alessandrae, Strongylium alessandrae (Tenebrionidae); Conoxilus alessandrae, Litopus kenyensis (Cerambycidae); Lemuricedus continentalis (Anthribidae); Hymenoptera: Stenomutilla alessandrae, Smicromyrme kilifiana, Smicromyrme plurifasciata (Mutillidae); Mesa silvana (Tiphiidae); Lepisiota n. sp. (still unpublished)(Formicidae). Three species of Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae (Euoniticellus inaequalis, Garreta azureus and Sisyphus ocellatus) are present in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Purpose

This list provides a very initial springboard in terms of a species list for further research to evaluate the invertebrate species of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. It also captures three species of conservation concern that occur in the forest and thus contributes to the understanding of the importance of conserving this global biodiversity hotspot.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Some Coleoptera, Odonata and Hymenoptera recorded within the boundaries of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kilifi County, Kenya.

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Contacts

Luca Bartolozzi
originator
position: Technical administrative Staff
Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Zoologia, Università d Firenze
via Romana, 17
Firenze
I-50125
IT
email: luca.bartolozzi@unifi.it
homepage: https://www.unifi.it/

Colin Jackson
originator
position: National Director
A Rocha Kenya
P.O Box 383
Watamu
80202
KE
email: colin.jackson@arocha.org
homepage: https://www.arocha.or.ke/

Judith Ochieng
originator
position: Data Clerk
A Rocha Kenya
P.O Box 383
Watamu
80202
KE
email: judithadhiambo85@gmail.com

Luca Bartolozzi
metadata author
position: Technical administrative Staff
Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Zoologia, Università d Firenze
via Romana, 17
Firenze
I-50125
IT
email: luca.bartolozzi@unifi.it
homepage: https://www.unifi.it/

Colin Jackson
metadata author
position: National Director
A Rocha Kenya
P.O Box 383
Watamu
80202
KE
email: colin.jackson@arocha.org
homepage: https://www.arocha.or.ke/

Judith Ochieng
metadata author
position: Data Clerk
A Rocha Kenya
P.O Box 383
Watamu
80202
KE
email: judithadhiambo85@gmail.com

Lawrence Monda
processor
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
P.O Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Luca Bartolozzi
administrative point of contact
position: Technical administrative Staff
Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Zoologia, Università d Firenze
via Romana, 17
Firenze
I-50125
IT
email: luca.bartolozzi@unifi.it
homepage: https://www.unifi.it/