Perileptus testaceus Putzeys, 1870

Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Elgharbawy, Ali A., Rasool, Iftekhar, Nagel, Peter & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2019, The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A'Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae, ZooKeys 812, pp. 93-131 : 121

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scientific name	Perileptus testaceus Putzeys, 1870
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Perileptus testaceus Putzeys, 1870 View in CoL

Material examined.

825 m: 15.XI.2015, LT, 3 exs. 851 m: 15.XI.2015, LT, 7 exs. 1,225 m: 14.XI.2015, LT, 1 ex. 1,325 m: 14.XI.2015, LT, 1 ex; 15.XI.2015, LT, 1 ex. 1,474 m: 05.V.2015, LT, 1 ex. 1,563 m: 21.IV.2014, LT, 1 ex.

General distribution and zoogeography.

AE, DJ, ET, OM, SA ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018), SO, YE. AFR species.

Published records.

Asir ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018). New provincial record for Baha.

Remarks.

A frequent species that was collected during spring and autumn by light trapping in Acacia thorn woodlands and Barbary fig communities. Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem identified this species.