Brachinus (s. str.) efflans Dejean & Boisduval, 1829

Ghannem, Samir, Pérez-González, Sergio, Pérez Zaballos, Juan M. & Boumaiza, Moncef, 2015, New records of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Tunisia., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 37-41 : 39

Brachinus (s. str.) efflans Dejean & Boisduval, 1829

Material examined. Site 2: 4 specimens, 08 Mars 2012; 2 specimens, 11 April 2012.

Diagnosis. Body length 4.3-7.5 mm, long elytra, blue purplish, slightly convex intervals with dense punctuation extended to the head, slightly convex eyes, and corselet a little longer than wide, Posterior angles are right.

Habitat. The species was collected only from one locality, Sidi Nsir, where it was found under a stone near an agriculture field and a permanent watercourse.

Distribution: Mediterranean element. North Africa: Western Morocco (from Casablanca to Tangier and the Middle Atlas), Algeria, Tunisia. Europe: Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Spain ( Machard, 1993; Ruiz-Tapiador & Zaballos, 2001; L̂bl & Smetana, 2003). The former records of B. efflans from Tunisia are included as a variety of Brachinus crepitans Linné, 1758 ( Bedel, 1895) from Haïdra and under the synonym Brachinus etslans Dejean, 1830 in 2003 (L̂bl & Smetana, 2003). However the new record confirms the presence of this elusive species.