Lebia nilotica Chaudoir, 1871

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 : 106

Lebia nilotica Chaudoir, 1871

Material examined.

825 m: 14.XI.2015, LT, 7♂, 10♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 4♂, 7♀. 892 m: 26.I.2015, LT, 2♂, 3♀; 14.II.2014, LT, 2♂, 3♀; 15.II.2014, LT, 2♂, 2♀; 20.IV.2014, LT, 4♂, 3♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀; 16.X.2014, LT, 1♂; 18.X.2014, LT, 2♂, 4♀; 14.XI.2015, HP, 20♂, 26♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 2♂, 4♀; 09.XII.2014, LT, 1♀; 10.XII.2014, LT, 1♀; 11.XII.2014, LT, 1♀. 1,225 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♀; 15.II.2014, HP, 3♀; 15.II.2014, LT, 3♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 3♂, 6♀; 02.IX.2015, LT, 19♂, 31♀; 14.XI.2015, LT, 3♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,325 m: 27.I.2015, LT, 1♀; 15.II.2014, LT, 1♂, 5♀; 15.II.2014, MT, 1♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 4♂, 9♀; 03.VI.2014, LT, 1♂, 1♀; 23.VIII.2014, LT, 2♀; 02.IX.2015, LT, 14♂, 25♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 4♂, 6♀. 1,474 m: 15.II.2014, LT, 1♂, 3♀; 21.IV.2014, LT, 2♂, 3♀; 05.V.2015, LT, 1♀; 23.VIII.2014, LT, 1♀; 02.IX.2015, LT, 41exs; 14.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,563 m: 05.V.2015, MT, 2exs; 02.IX.2015, LT, 96exs; 17.X.2014, LT, 1♀. 1,611 m: 21.IV.2014, LT, 4♂, 4♀; 03.VI.2014, LT, 1♂; 03.VI.2014, SW, 1♂; 02.IX.2015, LT, 62exs; 17.X.2014, LT, 1♀; 15.XI.2015, LT, 1♀. 1,666 m: 21.IV.2014, LT, 2♂; 03.VI.2014, LT, 1♂, 2♀; 02.IX.2015, LT, 217exs.

General distribution and zoogeography.

EG, IQ, SA. This range exemplifies SAR realm.

Published records.

Asir ( Mateu 1979, Abdel-Dayem et al. 2018, Rasool et al. 2018), Baha and Jizan ( Rasool et al. 2018a).

Remarks.

An abundant species that was recorded during all seasons of the year from a wide altitudinal range (471-1666 m). Most individuals were collected during late summer (September). Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem and Iftekhar Rasool identified this species.