Scarites terricola aethiopicus Baenninger , 1933

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 : 118

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.812.30937
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F105E9A6-A4F8-4220-9E17-98923FC6535F
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scientific name	Scarites terricola aethiopicus Baenninger , 1933
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Material examined.

471 m: 15.XI.2015, LT, 1 ex; 10.XII.2014, HP, 1 ex.

General distribution and zoogeography.

DZ, EG (Sinai), ER, ET, IL, OM, SA, YE. AFR_SAR species.

Published records.

Baha, Eastern Province, Jizan, Madinah, Makkah, Riyadh (Britton 1948; Balkenohl 1994).

Remarks.

A rare species collected during autumn at lower altitudes in Acacia thorn woodlands. The adults were caught along the edge of a freshwater stream by hand picking under stones and by using light traps. Michael Balkenohl, Ali Elgharbawy and Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem identified this species.