Syntomus obscuroguttatus (DUFTSCHMIDT 1812)

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 : 925

Syntomus obscuroguttatus (DUFTSCHMIDT 1812)

I s r a e l: Central District: Breikhat Ya’ar, N Tel Aviv, 11 m (wetland), 27.III.2008, Wrase leg. [34] (13, 2♀♀, cWR). - Golan: Bental Reservoir, W Merom Golan, ca. 1000 m (stony grazing land near shore), 25.III.2008, Wrase leg. [29] (13, 1♀, cWR).

Widely distributed, from Iberian Peninsula and N-Africa to Middle Asia, entering the

Oriental region (CATPAL 1: KABAK 2003: 433). First record for Israel.