Sphaerotachys fumicatus (MOTSCHULSKY 1851)

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 : 910

Sphaerotachys fumicatus (MOTSCHULSKY 1851)

I s r a e l: North District: Upper Galilee, N. shore of Sea of Galilee, - 200 m, Kfar Nakhum (Capernaum), 32°53.011’N / 035°34.707’E (shore with stones and gravel), 12.III.2008, Wrase leg. [9] (1 spcm., cWR).

Widely distributed in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian Region, in the Palaearctic recorded from Egypt, Uttar Pradesh, Taiwan, and Japan ( SCHATZMAYR 1936: 57; CATPAL 1: KOPECKÝ 2003: 277). Above mentioned specimen was compared with material from Egypt, N-India, Nepal, and Papua Island without constating important differences. First record for Israel.