Acinopus haroldi Schaum, 1863

Ghannem, Samir, Pérez-González, Sergio, Pérez Zaballos, Juan M. & Boumaiza, Moncef, 2015, New records of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Tunisia., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14, pp. 37-41 : 39-40

Acinopus haroldi Schaum, 1863

Material examined. Site 4: 3 specimens, 16 January 2013.

Diagnosis. Body length 10.5-12 mm, the insect has black color with a big head, transverse corselet, sinuosity postangular rather strong, substraight posterior angles, rounded in the extremity; wide marginal gutter, punctuated and widened behind the postangular field which is depressed. The elytra are short and wide and the body is finely striated perfectly flat intervals. At the end, the terminal internal protibial spur was very long, as long as the first four articles of the corresponding tarsus.

Habitat: Specimens were collected from a wet field under stones.

Distribution: Endemic for North Africa, where it was discovered for the first time in Morocco (Atlantic coast, from Tanger to Agadir) ( Antoine, 1955). First record from Tunisia.