Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus Chevrolat, 1854

Assmann, Thorsten, Boutaud, Esteve, Buse, Joern, Drees, Claudia, Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid, Harry, Ingmar, Khoury, Fares, Orbach, Eylon, Renan, Ittai, Schmidt, Constantin, Schmidt, Kilian, Wrase, David W. & Zumstein, Pascale, 2021, The ground beetle tribe Platynini Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the southern Levant: dichotomous and interactive identification tools, ecological traits, and distribution, ZooKeys 1044, pp. 449-478 : 449

Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus Chevrolat, 1854

Dispersal power.

Fully winged, apical wing part of variable size ( Liebherr 1991), classified as macropterous by Desender (1989); flight-active ( Desender 1989; Turin 2000).

Habitat.

In Europe a widespread species of open habitats, esp. of grassland (meadows, pastures) and arable fields ( Lindroth 1985, 1986; Trautner and Rietze 2017). Probably an important antagonist of some pest species, especially of some aphids and weevils ( Griffiths et al. 1985; Zaller et al. 2008). In the Levant, the species is mostly restricted to wetlands and esp. close to winter ponds, it seems not to occur in dry batha ( Timm et al. 2009) (Figs 31 , 33 ).

Phenology.

Spring breeder; adults hibernate ( Larsson 1939; Lindroth 1945; Keckwitz 1980; Basedow 1994), also in the southern Levant (pers. obs.).

Distribution range.

From West Europe to Central Asia, southwards to North Africa, northwards to Scandinavia. The nominate subspecies in Turkey, Syria, and Cyprus ( Austin et al. 2008; Schmidt 2017). The subspecies Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus exclusively in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon ( Schmidt 2014, 2017), and on Sinai (Egypt; see below and Suppl. material 1).

Distribution in the southern Levant.

Mainly in the Mediterranean climate zone of the southern Levant, but a few specimens were collected in the Dead Sea Area (Nahal Qumeran, 'Enot Zuqim, 1993) and in the southern mountains of Sinai (Jebel Katarina, Wadi Feiran, Wadi Wattir, 1971-1976).

Figures

Figures 31 - 34. Habitats of Platynini species in the southern Levant 31 Merom Golan (Golan Heights): water reservoir, habitat of Agonum rugicolle, A. sordidum, A. marginatum, A. viridicupreum, A. nigrum, and Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus 32 Ein Akev (Central Negev): headwater stream in desert, habitat of Agonum nigrum 33 Breikhat Ya'ar (Coastal Plain, east of Hadera): winter pond, habitat of Agonum monachum syriacum, A. viridicupreum, A. nigrum, and Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus 34 Nahal Bezet (Upper Galilee): softwood floodplain woodland with Oleander (Nerium oleander), habitat of Atranus ruficollis.