Siopelus quadraticollis (Putzeys in Chaudoir, 1878)

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 : 104

Siopelus quadraticollis (Putzeys in Chaudoir, 1878)

Material examined.

892 m: 26.I.2015, LT, 1ex; 15.II.2014, LT, 1♂, 2♀; 18.X.2014, LT, 1♂, 2♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 2♂, 5♀; 07.XII.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀. 1,225 m: 15. II.2014, HP, 1♂; 17.X.2014, LT, 6♂, 4♀; 12.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,325 m: 17.X.2014, LT, 14♀; 18.X.204, PT, 1♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 2♀; 08.XII.2014, HP, 2♀. 1388 m: 08.XII.2014, HP, 1♀. 1,448 m: 03.XI.2013, HP, 3♀. 1,474 m: 17.X.2014, LT, 1♂; 18.X.2014, PT, 3♀; 02.IX.2015, LT, 2♀. 1,563 m: 02.IX.2015, LT, 3♀; 17.X.2014, LT, 1♂, 2♀. 1,611 m: 02.IX.2015, LT, 1♀.

General distribution and zoogeography.

ET, SA ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018), TZ. AFR species.

Published records.

Asir ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018). New record for Baha Province.

Remarks.

A common species that was collected during late summer, autumn, and winter. The adults were collected by light and pitfall trapping in Acacia thorn woodlands and Barbary fig communities. David Wrase identified this species.