Polyderis gilvus (Schaum, 1863) Material examined (27 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Wadi Ayhaft, camp, 12°36′58.7″N, 53°59′30.6″E, 22.ii.2009, at light, 1 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE); Adhoh di-Melhoh, 12°34′19.9″N, 54°02′49.0″E, 31.x.2010, at light, 26 spec., lgt. & det. R.F.F.L. Felix (RFBE). Some of these specimens were re-identified by Jacques Coulon. Diagnosis. Body length 2.0–2.5 mm. Uniformly yellow. Pronotum transverse, lateral margins strongly sinuate, posterior angles sharp. Each elytron with two distinct striae, third stria vague, remaining striae invisible. Distribution. Known from Yemen, eastern Africa and Madagascar. First record from Socotra Island.

Published as part of Felix, Ron F. F. L., Farkač, Jan & Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed, 2012, Annotated checklist of the Carabidae (Coleoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 75-106 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 on page 97, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756