New records of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Tunisia. Author Ghannem, Samir Author Pérez-González, Sergio Author Pérez Zaballos, Juan M. Author Boumaiza, Moncef text Arquivos Entomolóxicos 2015 2015-08-13 14 37 41 journal article 299671 10.5281/zenodo.12715367 2237b95e-c63e-44fa-a7fb-bc6a3579febc 1989-6581 12715367 Cryptophonus litigiosus litigiosus Dejean, 1829 Material examined. Site 1. 3 specimens , 11 April 2012 ; Site 4: 2 specimens , 16 January 2013 . Diagnosis. Body length 8-9 mm . Black insect. Pronotum widest usually at middle of pronotal sides with one slightly setigerous pore before the middle, roundly or almost rectilinearly converging in posterior half, basal margin shorter than or equal to elytral base between humeral angles, Basal edge glabrous, the surface is rather coarsely punctuated. Elytra characterized by one short row of setigerous pores at the apex of the eighth interval. Mentum and submentum are separated by transverse suture. Transverse pronotum not narrowed at the base. Subparallel sides, curved back to the posterior corners that are straight but very rounded. Elytra are slightly convex, with angular shoulders and sinuate apical margin.Ventral segments hairless. Some points aligned on the termination of the eighth interstria. Habitat. The specimens were collected under a stone and under plant debris. Distribution. Palaearctic region. North Africa: Algeria , Egypt . Europe: Spain , Italy , France , Portugal . Asia: Turkey , Syria , Palestine ( Bedel, 1895 ; L̂bl & Smetana, 2003 ; Serrano, 2003 ), so the newly recorded presence in Tunisia is not surprising and is coherent with the known distribution.