The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A'Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
Author
Elgharbawy, Ali A.
Author
Rasool, Iftekhar
Author
Nagel, Peter
Author
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
Calosoma imbricatum Klug, 1832
Material examined.
892 m: 26.I.2015, LT, 1♀; 14.II.2014, LT, 2♂, 1♀; 15.II.2014, LT, 1♀; 12.XI.2015, LT, 1♂; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,225 m: 12.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,325 m: 15.XI.2015, 1♀. 1,448 m: 03.XI.2013, LT, 1♀; 03.XI.2013, HP, 1♂. 1,474 m: 02.III.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,611 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 1♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 1♀.
General distribution and zoogeography.
AE, BF, CV, DJ, DZ, EG, ER, ET, IQ, IR, KE, KW, LB, LY, ML, NE, OM, PK, QA, SA, SD, SN, SO, TD, YE. AFR_SAR species.
Published records.
Asir (
Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018
), Baha (
El-Hawagry et al. 2013
), Eastern Province (Heinertz 1979), Jizan and Makkah (Britton 1948), Riyadh (Heinertz 1979;
Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017
).
Remarks.
A rare species, which was collected during autumn, winter, and spring. The adults were collected by light trapping and hand picking in
Acacia
thorn woodlands and Barbary fig shrub community. Ali Elgharbawy identified this species.