Brachinus (s.str.) psophia, Audinet-Serville, 1821

Wrase, DW, 2009, New or interesting records of Carabid beetles from Europe, Madeira, northern Africa, Turkey, from the Near East, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Pakistan, with nomenclatorial and taxonomic notes (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini, Brachinini, Cyclosomini, Elaphrini, Harpalini, Lebiini, Nebriini, Platynini,, Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 901-935 : 907

Brachinus (s.str.) psophia AUDINET- SERVILLE 1821

I s r a e l: Central District: Breikhat Ya’ar, N Tel Aviv, 11 m (wetland), 27.III.2008, Wrase leg. [34] (1♀, cWR). - Golan: Bental Reservoir W Merom Golan, ca. 1000 m (stony grazing land near shore), 30.IV.2006, Wrase leg. [21] (1♀, cWR). The same but: 25.III.2008 [29] (13, 2♀♀, cWR). - North District: Upper Galilee, Meron Mts., Nakhar (Wadi) Moran, 1 km W Meron field school, ca 900 m (N. slope, slope spring, under stones), 11.III.2008, Wrase leg. [8] (13, 6♀♀, cWR).

A species with wide distribution, from W- and S-Europe, N-Africa ( Algeria), Balkan

Peninsula, S-Russia, Asia Minor, Near East and Caucasus area to Middle Asia and W-

Siberia, not listed for Israel (CATPAL 1: HRDLIČKA: 2003: 213) but mentioned in

BODENHEIMER 1937: 113. First detailed record for Israel.