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. text 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 Sphaerotachys conspicuus (Schaum, 1863) Material examined. WMR: 1150 m : 04.IV.2017 , LT , 55 exs; 16.IV.2016 , 6 exs;. WMS: 1251 m : 04.IV. 2017 , HP, 16 exs. GRNR : 1614 m : 30.I.2015 , LT , 6 exs; 21.II.2014 , LT , 7 exs; 04.III.2015 , LT , 3 exs; 02.IV.2017 , HP, 4 exs; 26.IV.2014 , LT , 1 ex; 07. V .2015 , LT , 1 ex; 08. VI .2014 , LT , 5 exs; 31.VII.2015 , LT , 12 exs; 26.VIII.2014 , LT , 14 exs; 20.X.2014 , LT , 3 exs; 17.XI.2015 , LT 1 ex; 18 XI.2015 , LT , 1 ex. 1772 m : 04.III.2015 , LT , 4 exs; 31.VII.2015 , LT , 1 ex; 26.VIII.2014 , LT , 19 exs; 20.X.2014 , LT , 1 ex. 1851 m : 04.III.2015 , LT , 2 exs; 06. VI .2014 , LT , 3 exs; 31.VII.2015 , LT , 5 exs; 26.VIII.2014 , LT , 3 exs; 20.X.2014 , LT , 3 exs. 1897 m : 26.IV.2014 , LT , 2 exs; 07. V .2015 , LT , 1 ex; 31.VII.2015 , LT , 4 exs; 26.VIII.2015 , LT , 1 ex. 2285 m : 31.VII.2015 , LT , 1 ex. 2578 m : 27.IV.2014 , 2 exs. Distribution. AFR_SAR species, occurring in western, central, and eastern Africa (AO, ER, ET, KE, NE, SD, SO, TD) extending northward to North Africa (DZ, EG, LY, MR) and eastward to IL and the Arabian Peninsula (AE, SA ( El-Hawagry et al. 2013 ), YE ( Britton 1948 ; Felix et al. 2012 ). Life forms and Remarks. ZS(C)EG species. Britton (1948) described Tachys arabicus from Yemen , this name was later synonymized with Tachyura sudanensis Schatzmayer & Kock, 1934 . In 1968, Basilewsky reported S. conspicuus (as Tachyphanes conspicuus ) from Yemen and indicated that it is the same as T. sudanensis and T. arabicus . Basilewsky (1979) listed the species in combination with Tachyphanes Jeannel, 1946 from Asir Province. El-Hawagry et al. (2013) later listed the species in combination with Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839 from Baha Province. Sciaky & Vigna-Taglianti (2003) treated this species as a species of Sphaerotachys . The adult specimens were collected at different altitudes ( 1150–2578 m ) from various vegetation communities ( Acacia spp., Opuntia ficus-indica , Olea europaea and African pencil cedar forest) of GRNR and its bottom.