Acupalpus (s.str.) schnitteri JAEGER 1999

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 : 906

Acupalpus (s.str.) schnitteri JAEGER 1999 , nov. status

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] (3 spcms., cWR).

Previously described from Israel (Lower Galilee: Meron) as subspecies of A. suturalis DEJEAN 1829 but by being fairly different from this species it is ranked here as distinct species. Beside the types there were only two female specimens from Syria (Sanameïn) available, obviously belonging to the new taxon but the author underlined that males should corroborate the occurrence in Syria. As obviously rare or at most only locally distributed, these records seem worthy to be registered as giving justified reason of assumption that the species really occurs in areas west of the Golan.