Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856

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 : 100

Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856

Material examined.

892 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 2♂; 21.IV.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,225 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 1♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,325 m: 15.II.2015, LT, 2♂; 3.VI.2014, LT, 1♂. 1,611 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 2♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 3♂, 1♀. 1,666 m: 27.I.2014, LT, 1♂.

General distribution and zoogeography.

AE, DZ, EG, IL, IQ, IR, JO, LB, LY, MA, SA, SY, TN, TR. This range exemplifies the SAR realm.

Published records.

Asir ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018). New record for Baha Province.

Remarks.

A frequent species that was found at all elevation levels in the SANR in Acacia thorn woodlands and Barbary fig communities. The adults were collected by light trapping during autumn, winter, and spring. Erich Kirschenhofer identified this subspecies.