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 Myriochila melancholica (Fabricius, 1798) Material examined. WMR : 1150 m : 04.IV.2017 , LT, 2 exs. WMS : 1251 m : 04.IV.2017 , HP, 1 ex. GRNR : 1614 m : 21.II.2014 , LT, 1 ex. 31.VII.2015 , LT, 1 ex. 1851 m : 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex. 1897 m : 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex. 2387 m : 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex. Distribution. This species has a wide distributional range in the Old World realm, AFR_MAD_ORR_PAL_SAR, where it is well represented in the tropics of Africa, including Madagascar (AO, BJ, BF, BW, CD, CF, CG, CI, CM, CV, ER, ET, GA, GH, GM, GN, GQ, GW, KE, MW, MZ, NA, NG, SC, SD, SL, SN, SO, ST, TD, TG, TZ, ZA, ZM, ZW); extending northwardly to the Sahara in North Africa (DZ, EG, LY, MA, TN) and to the southern, western, and eastern Europe (AL, AM, AZ, CZ, FR, ES, GE, GR, IT, PT). Also, occurs in the southwestern Asia (AE, BH, CY, IL, IQ, IR, JO, LB, OM, QA, SA, SY, TR, YE); southern and east Asia (AF, CN, IN, NP, PK), and in Central Asia (KG, KZ, TJ, TM, UZ). Life forms and Remarks. ZEFR species. This species was reported initially from Jizan and Najran provinces by Britton (1948) and recently recorded from Riyadh Province by Abdel-Dayem et al. (2017) . It is a new record for Asir Province and was collected between 1150–2387 m altitude range from different plant communities in the GRNR and its bottom.