The ground beetle tribe Platynini Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the southern Levant: dichotomous and interactive identification tools, ecological traits, and distribution Author Assmann, Thorsten https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-769X Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany assmann@uni.leuphana.de Author Boutaud, Esteve Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany Author Buse, Joern https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-1893 Ecosystem Monitoring, Research and Wildlife Conservation (SB 23 Invertebrates and Biodiversity), Black Forest National Park, Kniebisstrasse 67, D- 72250 Freudenstadt, Germany Author Drees, Claudia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-395X School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN 1 9 QG, United Kingdom Author Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Klauzner 12, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Harry, Ingmar Office for Conservation Biology ABL, Egonstrasse 55, D- 79106 Freiburg, Germany Author Khoury, Fares Department of Biology and Biotechnology, American University of Madaba, P. O. Box 2882, Amman, JO- 11821, Jordan Author Orbach, Eylon Remez St. 49, IL- 36044 Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Author Renan, Ittai Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Klauzner 12, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Schmidt, Constantin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-4255 Gartenstr. 8, 21354 Bleckede, Germany Author Schmidt, Kilian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-1282 Gartenstr. 8, 21354 Bleckede, Germany Author Wrase, David W. Oderstrasse 2, D- 15306 Gusow-Platkow, Germany Author Zumstein, Pascale Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany text ZooKeys 2021 2021-06-16 1044 449 478 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62615 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62615 1313-2970-1044-449 E2CB7962B7904B95BD003650F11AE2D 9FB3984FE63050AEBDD824E47EF5EF42 Agonum (s. str.) mesostictum (Bates, 1889) Dispersal power. Fully winged (n = 2). No flight observation known. Habitat. We know the habitat only from one site in Iran: partly overgrown gravel banks along streams at ca. 2350 m a.s.l. Also in Kyrgyzstan at high altitude (2000 m). Phenology. Unknown. Distribution range. From Georgia to Central Asia and Pakistan ( Schmidt and Liebherr 2009 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. Schmidt and Liebherr (2009) indicate an old specimen, labelled "Syria" . We do not know any record from the southern Levant. Taxonomic notes. For their description of the species, Schmidt and Liebherr (2009) had mostly old material and mentioned that the beetles do not have a metallic luster. But, at least one male from recent years has a head and pronotum with a faint metallic luster (sheen) (Fig. 2 ). Figures 31-34. Habitats of Platynini species in the southern Levant 31 Merom Golan (Golan Heights): water reservoir, habitat of Agonum rugicolle , A. sordidum , A. marginatum , A. viridicupreum , A. nigrum , and Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus 32 Ein Akev (Central Negev): headwater stream in desert, habitat of Agonum nigrum 33 Breikhat Ya'ar (Coastal Plain, east of Hadera): winter pond, habitat of Agonum monachum syriacum , A. viridicupreum , A. nigrum , and Anchomenus dorsalis infuscatus 34 Nahal Bezet (Upper Galilee): softwood floodplain woodland with Oleander ( Nerium oleander ), habitat of Atranus ruficollis .