Calomera alboguttata (Klug, 1832)

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 : 99

Calomera alboguttata (Klug, 1832)

Material examined.

471 m: 03.III.2015, LT, 24 exs; 15.XI.2015, LT, 2 exs; 10.XII.2014, LT, 7 exs. 1,611 m: 02.III.2015, LT, 1 ex.

General distribution and zoogeography.

EG, ER, ET, KE, SA, SD, SO, YE. This range exemplifies the AFR realm.

Published records.

Makkah (Britton 1948). New record for Baha Province.

Remarks.

A frequent species collected during autumn and winter, with more individuals during late winter. These adult beetles were collected by light trapping in Acacia thorn woodlands and Barbary fig shrub community. Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem identified this species.