Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856

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 : 347

Chlaenius canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856

Material examined. WMS: 1251 m: 04.IV.2017, HP, 4 exs. GRNR: 1614 m: 26.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ ; 18.XI.2015, LT, 1 ♂; 02.IV.2017, HP, 3 exs. 1851 m: 26.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♀. 2387 m: 26.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♀. MKV: 2717 m: 21.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♀ ; 25.IV.2014, LT, 1 ♀.

Distribution. This subspecies is SAR occurring throughout regions of Saharan North Africa (DZ, EG, LY, MA, TN) and southwestern Asia (AE, IL, IQ, IR, JO, LB, SA, SY, TR).

Life forms and Remarks. ZS(C)SL species. The adults were collected from different altitudes between 1251– 2014 m from different plant communities in the GRNR including areas at the bottom and at the north of the Park.