Faunistic inventory and zoogeographical analysis of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Southwestern of Saudi Arabia, and description of a new species of Paussinae
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.
Author
Rasool, Iftekhar
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Author
Elgharbawy, Ali A.
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Author
Nagel, Peter
Biogeography Research Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Author
Aldhafer, Hathal M.
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-08
4514
3
341
371
journal article
22642
10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3
54115d80-05ed-4ee7-b035-1ac714f9c31d
1175-5326
3770231
8F3F3680-5950-4FAB-B8DC-455FAC27535A
Lebia raeesae
Rasool, Abdel-Dayem & Felix, 2018
Material examined.
GRNR
:
1614 m
:
17.XI.2015
,
LT
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
.
1897 m
:
18.XI.2015
,
LT
,
1 ♀
.
Distribution.
END_AR species that was recently described from southwestern Arabian Peninsula (SA and YE).
Life forms and Remarks.
ZPLD species. It is reported from
Asir
(GRNR) and
Baha
provinces (Shada Al Aala Nature Preserve) (
Rasool
et al.
2018a
). The adults were collected from areas dominated by
Opuntia ficusindica
and
Olea europaea
, at altitude of
1614–1897 m
.