taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BB6503FFFEBE3AFFB6FA285B22F5F3.taxon	discussion	The members of the genus Carabus are easily recognizable by the lack of a typical antennal cleaner, posterior coxae contiguous in midline of body, mandibles not transversally furrowed, and third antennal segment without keel. Moreover, the species living in Israel are characterized by their body size (BL> 15 mm) and entirely black colour (without any spots or markings or metallic luster). For a general characterisation of ground beetles see Trautner & Geigenmüller (1987) and Ball (2001).	en	Assmann, Thorsten, Buse, Jörn, Drees, Claudia, Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid, Levanony, Tal, Matern, Andrea, Timm, Anika, Wrase, David (2008): The Carabus fauna of Israel – updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys 1: 9-22, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1.13
03BB6503FFFEBE3AFFB6FA285B22F5F3.taxon	discussion	Note: C. lecordieri was degraded as a subspecies of C. syrus by Kleinfeld & Rapuzzi (2004), but the species status was re-established by Deuve (2005). Deuve (2004 b) treated the taxon as a subspecies of C. syrus. Some specimens from Israel cannot be classified as one of the species due to variability of the mentum tooth and small differences of the aedeagus.	en	Assmann, Thorsten, Buse, Jörn, Drees, Claudia, Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid, Levanony, Tal, Matern, Andrea, Timm, Anika, Wrase, David (2008): The Carabus fauna of Israel – updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys 1: 9-22, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1.13
03BB6503FFFEBE3AFFB6FA285B22F5F3.taxon	discussion	Note: A zone of sympatry between C. hemprichi and C. sidonius in Lebanon led Deuve (2004) to consider both taxa as valid species. In previous publications these taxa were ranked as subspecies of C. hemprichi. The distinction of both species is extremely difficult. Moreover, in the last years two additional sibling species of the subgenus Lamprostus were described from Lebanon.	en	Assmann, Thorsten, Buse, Jörn, Drees, Claudia, Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid, Levanony, Tal, Matern, Andrea, Timm, Anika, Wrase, David (2008): The Carabus fauna of Israel – updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae). ZooKeys 1: 9-22, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1.13
