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.
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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
Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856
Material examined.
892 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 2♂; 21.IV.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,225 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,325 m: 15.II.2015, LT, 2♂; 3.VI.2014, LT, 1♂. 1,611 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 2♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 3♂, 1♀. 1,666 m: 27.I.2014, LT, 1♂.
General distribution and zoogeography.
AE, DZ, EG, IL, IQ, IR, JO, LB, LY, MA, SA, SY, TN, TR. This range exemplifies the SAR realm.
Published records.
Asir (
Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018
). New record for Baha Province.
Remarks.
A frequent species that was found at all elevation levels in the SANR in
Acacia
thorn woodlands and Barbary fig communities. The adults were collected by light trapping during autumn, winter, and spring. Erich Kirschenhofer identified this subspecies.