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 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 .