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.) nigrum Dejean, 1828 Dispersal power. Fully winged and flight-active ( Chikatunov et al. 2006 ; pers. obs.). Habitat. A hygrophilous species in a wide range of habitats: from freshwater to brackish water habitats like winter ponds, shaded and unshaded streams, lakes, swamps, etc. Very abundant in the swamps north of the Sea of Galilee (Figs 31 , 33 ). Phenology. Spring breeder (reproduction. March to May), adults hibernate. Distribution range. From western Europe to Central Asia, northwards to Central Europe, southwards to North Africa, eastwards to Central Asia ( Schmidt 2017 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. From the Mediterranean climate zone to desert zone (Central Negev and Wadi Hasa). Egypt (Sinai, several sites: Schatzmayr 1936 ), Israel ( Schmidt and Liebherr 2009 ), Jordan ( Nasir and Katbeh-Bader 2017 ), Lebanon, Syria ( Schmidt and Liebherr 2009 ). We did not find the species in the extremely arid and hot areas around the Dead Sea or at the springs in the Arava Valley. Also in the light catches from the En Gedi Nature Reserve (kept in the ZSM), which cover the whole year, the species is missing like all other Platynini . Conservation. In contrast to some other Agonum species not threatened and still widespread. Found even in strongly urbanized areas, like a winter pond circled by highway loops north of Tel Aviv (pers. obs.).