Thanks a lot Monyer. Do you know anyone who owns this inventory or some place (government of Yemen, etc.) where I can access some inventory of the species of the Socotra archipelago, in case this inventory exists?

Hi.

I know a certain number of publications on the biodiversity of the Socotran Islands (including some books on plants and on fauna and flora in general), but I don't know if there is a complete register of all the species recorded there. In the excellent book ETHNOFLORA OF THE SOCOTRA ARCHIPELAGO, of A. Miller & M. Morris (2004), you can find a very good illustrated key and list of all the vascular plants of the archipelago. On the other hand, there are several (more or less recent) papers on the local avifauna, published in the journal SANDGROUSE, in which you have a complete list of the resident and migratory species.

Good luck in your research.

The following book summarizes the knowledge on vegetation and flora of Socotra and provides a list of the vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens of Socotra:

Brown, G. & Mies, B. (2012): Vegetation ecology of Socotra. - Plant and Vegetation 7. Springer Science & Business Media, 379 pp.

But a complete inventory of all species of plants and animals appears not yet available.

Thanks a bunch for your answers Rubén and Joachim. These sources can be very useful for me.

Hi again.

I attach three papers in pdf I found in my files on terrestrial vertebrates of Socotra, two of them on breeding birds and one about reptiles. They include actualized lists (with comments) of the species of these groups of animals in the main island (Socotra) or the whole archipelago. I hope they can be useful for your research.

Best regards.

Thanks again Rubén. I appreciate it a lot.

Hi.

I attach some additional papers on the biodiversity of Socotra, which can be useful for you...

Best regards.

There is an excellent diaporama on Socotra (in French), besides numerous books on the Island, including reports of entomological trips by Dr Canu (Charaxes balfouri) in "Alexanor" , monthly publication by French entomologists.

I know also a good film on a Frenchman technical assistant in the program of improving tecniques on beehives for "Socotra honey" .

Hello Daniel Tecles

I have some bibliographic references in my database but I do not have the papers with me.

BENDA, P. ; AL-JUMAILY, M.A. ; REITER, A. & NASHER, A.K. 2011. Noteworthy records of bats from Yemen with description of a new species from Socotra. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 22 (1) : 23-56.

CLOUET, M. ; GOAR, J-L. et BARAU, C. 1998. Contribution à l’étude ornithologique de l’île de Socotra. Alauda, 66, 3 : 235-246.

RIPLEY, S.D. & BOND, G.M. 1966. The birds of Socotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 151 (7) : 1-37.

Good research and discovery to you Jean Michel

Thank you all for your help!! :)

Hi again.

More papers on the biodiversity of Socotra, which I found in my files. I hope they can be useful and interesting...

By the way, anybody knows how is the present situation in this island? Is it possible to take a flight from mainland Yemen? I have heard something about the impossibility to go to Socotra from the usual airport in Yemen. Is it true?

Best regards.

With a compilation of the previously mentioned sources, can be evaluated a pretty realistic inventory. Concerning plants, with probably 20 species published during the last decade, the total number can admittedly be: ±900 spp.

Here are also

Article Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipe...

Book Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago II

Hi.

Here there is a link in which you can find some interesting and recent references on Socotra's biodiversity:

http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/Bibliography.html.

Best regards.

Here are a few references, including a paper I wrote on a new Stratiomyidae from Socorta (which you can download from my page):

HAUSER M. 2007: Order Diptera, family Stratiomyidae. Pp. 591–601. In: HARTEN A. VAN (ed.): Arthropod Fauna

of the United Arab Emirates. Volume 1. Multiply Marketing Consultancy Services, Abu Dhabi, 754 pp.

Tkoc, M. & Rozkošný, R. 2014. New synonymy of Oplodontha

minuta (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) with its first record from

Socotra Island. Acta entomologica musei Nationalis Pragae

54: 429–439.

BATELKA J. 2012: Socotra Archipelago – a lifeboat in the sea of changes: advancement in Socotran insect biodiversity

survey. Pp. 1–26. In: HÁJEK J. & BEZDĚK J. (eds): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta

Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557.

Concerning ants, there is this older one:

Collingwood et al (2004) The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: https://zenodo.org/record/12560#.Wn_2GJP1Vp8

and this recent one:

Sharaf et al. (2017) Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157

Syrphidae: Chapter Order Diptera, Family Syrphidae. The hoverflies of the Arabi...

Hi,

Several colleagues from Czech Republic focused on the insect fauna of the Socotra Archipelago few years ago. e.g. A review is published here:http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/57_s/57_s_1.pdf

As Dr. Hita Garcia mentioned, the ant fauna of Socotra was recently published by me. The pdf is available on Researchgate.

good luck!

Yes, and two other books about insects from Socotra were published since then:

http://www.aemnp.eu/archive/2014/54/s/

http://www.aemnp.eu/archive/2017/57/s/

Bryophytes:

Kürschner, H. 2000. Bryophyte flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. - Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 55: 1–131.

Kürschner, H. 2003 Nineteen new records to the bryophyte flora of Socotra Island. Additions to the Bryophyte Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 5. - Willdenowia 33: 445–458.