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
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93
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.812.30937
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.812.30937
1313-2970-812-93
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Eremolestes sulcatus (Chaudoir, 1876)
Material examined.
1,474 m: 23.IV.2014, PT, 1♂. 1562 m: 03.XI.2013, HP, 1♂, 1♀.
General distribution and zoogeography.
DJ, DZ, ER, ET, SA, SD, TD. This range exemplifies AFR realm.
Published records.
Najran and Riyadh (
Mateu 1979
,
1986
). New record for Baha Province.
Remarks.
A rare species that was found during autumn and spring collected by pitfall trapping and hand picking in
Acacia
thorn woodlands and Barbary fig shrub communities. Ron Felix identified this species.