Metadromius arabicus Mateu, 1979

Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Rasool, Iftekhar, Elgharbawy, Ali A., Nagel, Peter & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2018, Faunistic inventory and zoogeographical analysis of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Southwestern of Saudi Arabia, and description of a new species of Paussinae, Zootaxa 4514 (3), pp. 341-371 : 352-353

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F3F3680-5950-4FAB-B8DC-455FAC27535A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3798978
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scientific name	Metadromius arabicus Mateu, 1979
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Material examined. WMR: 1467 m: 23.II.2014, HP, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. GRNR: 1614 m: 21.II.2014, LT, 4 ♂ ; 24.II.2014, LT, 3 ♂, 7 ♀ ; 24.III.2014, LT, 6 ♂, 9 ♀ ; 20.X.2014, LT, 2 ♂ ; 17.XI.2015, HP, 1 ♂; 17.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♀ ; 12.XII.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ . 1772 m: 21.II.2014, LT, 5 ♂, 9 ♀ ; 04.III.2015, LT, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ; 26.VIII.2014, LT, 3 ♂, 6 ♀ ; 20.X.2014, LT, 3 ♀ ; 18.XI.2015, LT, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ; 12.XII.2014, LT, 1 ♀ , 1851 m: 21.II.2014, LT, 2 ♂, 4 ♀ ; 04.III.2015, LT, 5 ♂, 7 ♀ ; 06. VI .2014 , LT, 1 ♂; 20.X.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; 18.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ; 12.XII.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ . 1897 m: 04.III.2015, LT, 2 ♂ ; 26.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ ; 26.VIII.2014, LT, 1 ♀ ; 20.X.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ; 18.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; 12.XII.2014, LT, 2 ♂ . 2285 m: 04.III.2015, LT, 1 ♀ ; 20.X.2014, LT, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ; 12.XII.2014, LT, 1 ♂ . 2387 m: 04.III.2015, LT, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; 20.X.2014, LT, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ ; 18.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♂ . 2578 m: 18.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♀ .

Distribution. SAR species is known from Arabian Peninsula (AE, SA) and IR.

Life forms and Remarks. ZS(C)LC species. The species was described from Riyadh Province, and was subsequently reported by Rasool et al. (2018b) from Asir and Baha. The adults were collected at different altitudes (1476–2578 m) and from several vegetation communities including Acacia at bottom of GRNR, Opuntia ficusindica , Olea europaea , and African pencil cedar forest s of GRNR.