The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae
ALDHAFER, MAHMOUD S ABDEL-DAYEM, ALI A ELGHARBAWY, IFTEKHAR RASOOL, PETER NAGEL, HATHAL M . 2019
We report the Carabidae collected at the Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve (SANR) in Baha Province in
southwestern Saudi Arabia during 2013–2015. In total, 62 carabid species and subspecies representing
39 genera, 17 tribes, and 10 subfamilies were identified, including one new species, Paussus minutulus
Nagel & Rasool, sp. n, four new country records, and 24 species that are new provincial records for Baha.
The carabid fauna was dominated by the Lebiini with 19 species. A high number of species were rarely
collected (34 species) in comparison to the more abundant and common species (9 species). The highest
number of species (52 species) was collected during autumn. The carabids of SANR are represented
by a large component of Afrotropical faunal elements (28.1%) and smaller numbers of Oriental species
(3.5%) and endemic taxa (5.3%). In comparison to Garf Raydah Nature Reserve in Asir Province, also
in southwestern Saudi Arabia, SANR had an equal number of carabids sharing 64.5% of the species but
with lower number of endemic elements. Our study can serve as a component for implementing a conservation
plan for SANR using carabid beetles as sentinel taxa. These research results may support future
ecological studies on SNAR carabids.
The Anaphothrips genus-group is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the
first time. Nine species are recorded in four genera, Aptinothrips
Haliday, Anaphothrips Uzel, Eremiothrips Priesner…
Two genera Dendrothrips Uzel and Pseudodendrothrips Schmutz are recorded from Saudi Arabia. A key is provided to
eight members of Dendrothrips that have antennae with 9-segments and D.…
The subfamily Sericothripinae Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is recorded for the first time from the Saudi Arabian
fauna. Four species belonging to two genera, Hydatothrips Karny and…