Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus was reported from 15 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 13 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 2 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Western Indian Ocean aand East Africa: including the Red Sea and probably Kenya.
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Table 1: Present in 13 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3705
Africa Egypt EGY native 3705
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3705
Asia Israel ISR native 3507
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3705
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3705
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3705
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 125388
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa Sudan SDN native 3705
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Yemen YEM native 3705

Table 3: Absent from 2 country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Mozambique MOZ misidentification 106993
Africa South Africa ZAF misidentification 106993

Table 4: Reported from 15 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Djibouti DJI native 3705
Africa Egypt EGY native 3705
Africa Eritrea ERI native 3705
Asia Israel ISR native 3507
Asia Jordan JOR native 58021
Africa Kenya KEN native 3705
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3705
Africa Mozambique MOZ misidentification 106993
Asia Saudi Arabia SAU native 3705
Africa Socotra Arch. SOC native 125388
Africa Somalia SOM native 30573
Africa South Africa ZAF misidentification 106993
Africa Sudan SDN native 3705
Africa Tanzania TZA native 2871
Asia Yemen YEM native 3705

The map in this page was supported by BioFresh that has received funding from the
European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874

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