Olisthopus glabricollis (Germar, 1817)

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

Olisthopus glabricollis (Germar, 1817)

Dispersal power.

Fully winged (n = 8) and probably flight-active.

Habitat.

Batha (with Sarcopotherium spinosum ) and oak woodlands (with Quercus calliprinos , Q. boissieri ), also grazed sites ( Kaltsas et al. 2013; own observation in southern Levant); in Bulgaria in grasslands ( Teofilova 2018). Although the species can occur close to puddles and temporary ponds (e.g., in the Ya’ar Odem), it is not restricted to wetlands as it is known from most Agonum species.

Phenology.

Probably an autumn and winter breeder. Timm et al. (2009) caught three individuals in a survey with pitfall traps open continuously for an entire year and these exclusively in November and December. A newly hatched beetle at the end of March on the Golan Heights. Thirty-six specimens collected on the southern slopes of the Judean Hills in 2001-2004 were collected between November and April, predominantly in November (SMNHTAU).

Distribution range.

From southwestern Europe to Asia Minor and southern Levant ( Bodenheimer 1937; Schmidt 2017). New record for Iraq: N Iraq, Guly Ali Beq, 1400 m,1.v. 2006, C. Reuter leg., 1 male, CWGP.

Distribution in the southern Levant.

Few records from Israel ( Bodenheimer 1937; Timm et al. 2008). Recently found in Upper Galilee, Golan Heights, Carmel Ridge, Central Coastal Plain, and Judean Hills (Suppl. material 1).