Check List 8(2): 197-203, doi: 10.15560/8.2.197
An annotated checklist of the endemic Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Egypt
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem‡‡ Cairo University, Egypt
Corresponding author: Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem ( msabdeldayem@sci.cu.edu.eg ) © 2017 Mahmoud Abdel-Dayem. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Abdel-Dayem M (2012) An annotated checklist of the endemic Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Egypt. Check List 8(2): 197-203. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.2.197 |  |
Abstract
Endemic species are usually not very widespread in their distribution, but are only found in a particular region and nowhere else in the world. Because of this, they are of great conservation concern. A checklist of the endemic carabid beetles of Egypt was compiled and updated from published and unpublished records including long-term surveys. As far as can be ascertained, there are 39 valid carabid species and subspecies from 28 genera that are endemic to Egypt including Sinai. These represent about 16.3% of the total carabid fauna recorded from the country, and belong to five subfamilies: Brachininae, Cicindelinae, Harpalinae, Scaritinae, and Trechinae. I provide notes about type localities, depositories and distribution.
Keywords
Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae; check list; Egypt