Atranus ruficollis (GAUTIER DE COTTES 1858)

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 : 927

Atranus ruficollis (GAUTIER DE COTTES 1858)

I s r a e l: North district: Upper Galilee, Tanur Reserve, 345 m, Tanur (Jyon) river, 33°16.101’N / 035°34.714’E (Salix / Nerium floodplain forest, heaps of mud, twigs and leaves), 1.V.2006, Wrase leg. [24A] (2 spcms., cWR).

From Corsica to S-Russia, everywhere local and rare. Recorded in Asia from Turkey only (CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET 2003b: 457), additionally a distribution is given for the Caucasus area, Armenia and parts of Turan ( KRYZHANOVSKIJ et al. 1995: 118), and Syria ( WRASE 2005: 855). First record for Israel.