Metadromius sp.

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 : 108

Metadromius sp.

Material examined.

471 m: 03.III.2015, LT, 1♂. 1,325 m: 02.III.2015, LT, 1♀.

Remarks.

A rare species that was collected during late winter. It is similar to M. ephippiatus (Fairmaire, 1884), which is known from North Africa (DZ, MA, TN) ( Löbl and Löbl 2017). However, these specimens along with SA specimens identified by Mateu (1986) are rather different from M. ephippiatus . The specimens from SA probably represent a new species. These specimens have been included in a current taxonomic revision of the Middle East Metadromius (R. Felix, personal communication). Ron Felix identified this species.