New Data of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Tunisia

Abstract

A faunistic survey was carried out on ground beetles (Insecta, Carabidae) over the course of 2012-2013 in four localities from Northern Tunisia. Insects were collected mostly by hand and pitfall traps. The habitat preferences of ground beetle species are also discussed. In total 65 species belonging to 45 genera, 24 tribes, and nine subfamilies were found, whose six species are new records for Tunisia and seven species are endemic to northern Africa. The present study gives new faunistic data and better knowledge on the biogeography of Tunisia