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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3
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1175-5326
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Brachinus crepitans
(Linné, 1758)
Material examined.
MGD:
2616 m
:
24.II.2014
, HP,
1 ♂
.
Distribution.
This species is a PAL_SAR element, widely distributed throughout Europe (AL, AM, AT, AZ, BA, BE, BG, BY,
CH
, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GE, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, LU, ME, MK, MD, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR, UA, UZ), extending eastward to western Siberia (RU) and Central Asia (KG, KZ, TJ, TM), and southward to North Africa (DZ, TN), and southwestern Asia (CY, IQ, IR, LB, SA (
Abdel-Dayem
et al.
2017
), SY).
Life forms and Remarks.
ZS(C)LC species. It was reported to occur under stones at the edges of temporary freshwater pools in Rawdhat Khorim National Park at an altitude of
560 m
(
Abdel-Dayem
et al.
2017
).
A new record for
Asir Province
, where the single male was found under a stone at the edge of a freshwater stream at an altitude of
2616 m
.