Coleoptera Carabidae Beetles of El-Kala National Park (north-eastern Algeria)

The family Carabidae (Coleoptera) is one of the most diverse among beetles, but they are little studied in Algeria and, in particular, in the territory of El-Kala National Park. Therefore, a census of carabid communities with fortnightly trapping was carried out between 2018 and 2019 with the aim of analysing these populations around Lake Tonga, the first Algerian site to be classified as a Ramsar site and included in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot. These investigations have enabled us to record 1727 specimens belonging to 83 species of Carabidae. Six species are new to the Algerian entomofauna and six others are reported for the first time in North Afric