Amara simplex Dejean, 1828

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 : 355

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F3F3680-5950-4FAB-B8DC-455FAC27535A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3799020
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03811B61-FF87-FF80-A5BC-FF90FD4AFA29
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Amara simplex Dejean, 1828
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Material examined. GRNR: 2734 m: 04.XI.2013, HP, 1 ♀ .

Distribution. PAL_SAR species that is widely distributed in Mediterranean Basin (DZ, EG, ES, FR, IL, IT, LY, MA, MT, SY TN) extending eastward to Arabian Peninsula (AE, OM, IQ, JO, SA).

Life forms and Remarks. MGHT species. This is the first record from Asir Province of this species. Previously known only from Baha Province ( El-Hawagry et al. 2013). The species was collected under stones in the African pencil cedar at an altitude of 2734 m .