The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A'Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae
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Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Author
Elgharbawy, Ali A.
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Rasool, Iftekhar
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Nagel, Peter
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Aldhafer, Hathal M.
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ZooKeys
2019
812
93
131
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.812.30937
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.812.30937
1313-2970-812-93
F105E9A6A4F842209E1798923FC6535F
Dromius buettikeri Mateu, 1990
Material examined.
825 m: 13.XI.2015, LT, 1♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 851 m: 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 892 m: 12.XI.2015, LT, 1♂, 1♀. 1,325 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂, 2♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,474 m: 27.I.2014, LT, 1♀; 15.II.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂; 08.XII.2014, LT, 1♂. 1,563 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,611 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,666 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♀.
General distribution and zoogeography.
SA. END_SA species.
Published records.
Asir and Baha (
Rasool et al. 2018b
), Riyadh (
Mateu 1990
).
Remarks.
A frequent species. The adults were collected during autumn and winter from
Acacia
thorn woodlands and Barbary fig communities. The specimens were attracted only to light trap. Ron Felix identified this species.