Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) douei PEYRON 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 : 913

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) douei PEYRON 1858

I s r a e l: North district: Upper Galilee, N. shore of Sea of Galilee, - 200 m, Tamarisc floodplain forest betw. Kfar Nakhum (Capernaum) and mouth of Jordan river, 31.III./ 1.IV.2008, Th. Assmann leg., Wrase leg. [41] (3 spcms., cASSM. cWR).

In CATPAL 1: KIRSCHENHOFER 2003: 351, this species was considered a synonym to Chl. tristis ssp. tristis (SCHALLER 1783) . Our specimens completely agree with a specimen from Turkey (Kuruca Geçıdı, cWR) identified as Chl. douei by Kirschenhofer in 2007 and fitting the description well (except the colour of pronotum and elytra which was described as being black but is with a weak greenish metallic tinge), very different from Chl. tristis . First records for Israel.