Harpalus tenebrosus tenebrosus Dejean, 1829

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 : 348

Harpalus tenebrosus tenebrosus Dejean, 1829

Material examined. GRNR: 2409 m: 11.XII.2014, SW, 1 ♂ .

Distribution. Species with PAL_SAR distribution, occurring in Europe (AL, AM, AT, AZ, BA, BE, BG, CH, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GB, GE, GR, HR, HU, IT, MD, ME, MK, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU (South European Territory), SI, SK, TR, UA); extending south to North Africa (DZ, EG, MA, MR, TN) and to central, southwest and southern Asia (AF, CY, IL, IQ, IR, JO, OM, PK, SY, TJ, TM, TR, UZ,). This species is a new record for the Saudi Arabia.

Life forms and Remarks. MGHT species. The specimen was collected within the mixed community of Olea europaea and African pencil cedar forest.