Olisthopus fuscatus Dejean, 1828

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 fuscatus Dejean, 1828

Dispersal power.

Fully winged (n = 4) and flight activity (at light, own observation from Spain).

Habitat.

In open, sparsely vegetated habitats on loamy or sandy soil, also in clearings of forests. Apparently not restricted to wetlands, even if the species is found there from time to time. ( Campos Gómez and Novoa Docet 2006; Teofilova 2018; Jiroux 2019; pers. obs. from southern Europe and southern Levant).

Phenology.

Unknown.

Distribution range.

From southwest Europe (Spain) to Asia minor and southern Levant, including Cyprus, southwards to North Africa ( Austin et al. 2008; Serrano 2013; Schmidt 2017).

Distribution in the southern Levant.

In the Mediterranean part of Israel (Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee, Golan Heights, Carmel Ridge, Central coastal Plain, Judean Hills). Already mentioned by Bodenheimer (1937) and Nitzu (1995) from Israel. New records for Lebanon (16 km S Tripoli, Amioun, 7.v.2011, K. Orszulik leg., 1 male, CWGP), and Jordan (ca 20 km N Amman, 250 m, 32°12.906'N, 35°53.093'E, 19.v.2007, Zb. Kejval leg., 1 female, CWGP).

Taxonomic notes.

The tip of the median lobe of the aedeagus shows remarkable variation across the distribution range, but the endophallus seems to be of the same shape. Coulon et al (2011) offer figures of the median lobe of the aedeagus of both O. fuscatus and O. glabricollis .