Brachinus crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined.
471 m: 10.XII.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀.
General distribution and zoogeography.
AL, DZ, AM, AT, AZ, BY, BE, BA, BG, HR, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, GE, DE, GB, GR, HU, IR, IQ, IE, IT, JO (Nasir and Katbeh-Bader 2017), KZ, KG, LV, LB, LT, LU, MK, MD, ME, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, SA, SK, SI, ES, SE, CH, SY, TJ, TN, TR, TM, UA, UZ. This range exemplifies PAL_SAR.
Published records.
Asir (Abdel-Dayem et al., 2018), Riyadh (Abdel-Dayem et al. 2017). New provincial records for Baha.
Remarks.
A rare species. The adult beetles were collected during autumn by hand picking under stones along the edge of a freshwater stream flowing through Acacia thorn woodlands. Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem identified this species.