The ground beetle tribe Platynini Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the southern Levant: dichotomous and interactive identification tools, ecological traits, and distribution Author Assmann, Thorsten https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-769X Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany assmann@uni.leuphana.de Author Boutaud, Esteve Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany Author Buse, Joern https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-1893 Ecosystem Monitoring, Research and Wildlife Conservation (SB 23 Invertebrates and Biodiversity), Black Forest National Park, Kniebisstrasse 67, D- 72250 Freudenstadt, Germany Author Drees, Claudia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-395X School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN 1 9 QG, United Kingdom Author Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Klauzner 12, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Harry, Ingmar Office for Conservation Biology ABL, Egonstrasse 55, D- 79106 Freiburg, Germany Author Khoury, Fares Department of Biology and Biotechnology, American University of Madaba, P. O. Box 2882, Amman, JO- 11821, Jordan Author Orbach, Eylon Remez St. 49, IL- 36044 Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Author Renan, Ittai Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Klauzner 12, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Schmidt, Constantin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-4255 Gartenstr. 8, 21354 Bleckede, Germany Author Schmidt, Kilian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-1282 Gartenstr. 8, 21354 Bleckede, Germany Author Wrase, David W. Oderstrasse 2, D- 15306 Gusow-Platkow, Germany Author Zumstein, Pascale Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany text ZooKeys 2021 2021-06-16 1044 449 478 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62615 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62615 1313-2970-1044-449 E2CB7962B7904B95BD003650F11AE2D 9FB3984FE63050AEBDD824E47EF5EF42 Agonum (s. str.) monachum syriacum Schmidt & Liebherr, 2009 Dispersal power. Fully winged and flight-active (pers. obs.). Habitat. Known only from winter ponds (Fig. 31 ) and intact large wetlands (e.g., swamps north of the Sea of Galilee). Phenology. Spring breeder, adults hibernate (pers. obs.). Distribution range. The species is distributed from Southwest Europe to Central Asia, southwards to Israel and Iran ( Schmidt 2017 ). The subspecies Agonum monachum syriacum is known from Southeast Turkey to Israel ( Schmidt and Liebherr 2009 ) and from Iran ( Schmidt 2017 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. In the southern Levant recorded exclusively from four sites in Israel, three of them from winter pools in the Central Coastal Plain (Berekhat Ya'ar (sometimes also written Breikhat Ya'ar ), Dora Pool and Ga'ash Pool; from the latter two sites only single specimens). A large population exists also in the swamps north of the Sea of Galilee. Taxonomic notes. Schmidt (2017) listed the nominate subspecies from Israel, but we know only the subspecies subspecies Agonum monachum syriacum from the southern Levant. All specimens we know from the southern Levant show a greenish metallic luster on the upper side, despite the indication in the original description. Conservation. In contrast to A. nigrum a rarely recorded species; we know only two larger populations (Sea of Galilee, Berekhat Ya'ar ). Threatened by habitat loss, drainage, and water table drawdown.