Carterus (s.str.) rufipes (CHAUDOIR 1843)

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 : 914

Carterus (s.str.) rufipes (CHAUDOIR 1843)

I r a q: Dahuk: Dahuk, SE Amedi, 1400 m (sparse oak forest), 1.-4.V.2007, Chr. Reuter leg. (1 spcm., cREUT). - Erbil: Rawandoz env. (near frontier to Iran), 1200 m (sparse oak forest), 29.IV.2007, Chr. Reuter leg. (10 spcms., cREUT, cWR). Shaqlawa, N Erbil, IV 2007, Chr. Reuter leg. (2 spcms., cREUT, cWR). - As Sulaymānīyah: Sergat, SE Sulaymānīyah, 31.III.2003, Chr. Reuter leg. (1 spcm., cWR).

Recorded from the Balkans ( Bulgaria, Greece), the Caucasus area, Asia Minor, Cyprus, the Near East, and Iran (CATPAL 1: WRASE 2003: 364), not hitherto met with in Iraq though its finding was expected. First record for Iraq.