Perileptus testaceus Putzeys, 1870

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 : 364

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799084
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scientific name	Perileptus testaceus Putzeys, 1870
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Material examined. GRNR: 1614 m: 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex; 18.XI.2015 , LT, 2 exs. 1897 m: 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex. 1897 m: 04.III.2015 , LT, 1 ex; 26.IV.2014 , LT, 1 ex.

Distribution. AFR species that is confined to the Horn of Africa (DJ, ET, SO) and southern Arabian Peninsula (AE, OM, YE). A New record to KSA.

Life forms and Remarks. ZS(C)EG species. The adults were collected from altitudes of 1614–1897 m, where Opuntia ficus-indica and Olea europaea communities dominated GRNR.