Calosoma senegalense Dejean, 1831

Material examined

. 892 m: 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,225 m: 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂.

General distribution and zoogeography.

AO, BF, BI, BJ, BW, CD, CF, CG, CI, CM, CV, ER, ET, GA, GH, GM, GN, GQ, GW, KE, LR, LS, MG, ML, MR, MW, MZ, NA, NE, NG, RE, RW, SL, SN, SO, SZ, TD, TG, TZ, UG, ZA, ZM, ZW. New to Arabian Peninsula. This range exemplifies the AFR realm.

Remarks.

A rare species. The adults were collected only during autumn (November) by light trapping in an area dominated by Acacia trees. Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem identified this species.