Scarites striatus Dejean, 1825

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 : 361

Scarites striatus Dejean, 1825

Material examined. GRNR: 1614 m: 19.II.2014 , PT, 2 exs; 28.IV.2014, PT, 1 ex; 09. V.2015, PT, 4 exs. 1772 m: 09. V.2015, PT, 2 exs; 06.IX.2015, PT, 1 ex; 21.X.2014, PT, 1 ♂; 11. XII.2014, HP, 1 ex. 1851 m: 09. V.2015, PT, 1 ex; 08. VI.2014, PT, 1 ex. 1897 m: 09. V.2015, PT, 1 ex. 2387 m: 09. V.2015, PT, 1 ex.

Distribution. Species with SAR distribution, extending from North Africa (DZ, EG, LY, TN) eastward to Levant (EG (Sinai), IL) and to southwestern Arabian Peninsula (SA, YE).

Life forms and Remarks. ZGDG (L) species. Scarites striatus has been reported from Asir and Makkah provinces (Balkenhol 1994). The above adult specimens were collected from various vegetation communities and different altitudes (1614–2387 m) within the GRNR.