Poecilus (Ancholeus) puncticollis (DEJEAN 1828)

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 : 928

Poecilus (Ancholeus) puncticollis (DEJEAN 1828)

I s r a e l: Golan: Bental Reservoir, W Merom Golan, ca 1000 m (stony wetland near shore), 30.IV.2006, Wrase leg. [21] (11 spcms., cWR). Same data but: 33°08N / 35°47E, 9.V.2006, L. Friedman leg. (13, 1♀, TAU). - North District.: Upper Galilee, Alma plateau, env. Alma Cave S Alma vill., 33°02.294’N / 035°30.553’E, ca 630 m (stony grazing land, under stones), 9.III.2008, Wrase leg. [5], (45 spcms., cWR).

Widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula to Turkmenistan, for the E-Mediterranean area it is mentioned for Turkey and Syria (CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET 2003: 480). Seemingly there are no published records for Israel, so above listed findings are the first records for that country.