Apristus arabicus Mateu, 1986

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

Apristus arabicus Mateu, 1986

Material examined.

1,325 m: 17.X.2014, LT, 1 ex. 1,474 m: 03.XI.2013, HP, 1 ex.

General distribution and zoogeography.

AE, IQ, SA. SAR species.

Published records.

Asir ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018), Makkah ( Mateu 1986). New record for Baha Province.

Remarks.

A rare species collected during autumn from Acacia thorn woodlands by light trapping and hand picking. Ron Felix identified this species.