Platyprosopus bagdadensis STIERLIN, 1867

Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Israel II, with a revision of some species of Dinusa SAULCY (Insecta: Coleoptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1179-1210 : 1186

Platyprosopus bagdadensis STIERLIN, 1867

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 1, Sede Boqer range, 30°51'N, 34°46'E, 500 m, wadi, 15.XI.2010, leg. Drees (cAss) ; 1 [det. Feldmann], Sea of Galilee , Capernaum, Jordan river, 32°54'N, 35°37'E, - 198 m, 5.III.2009, leg. Starke (cFel) ; 1 [det. Feldmann], Upper Galilee , Jordan river, river bank, 26.III.2008, leg Assmann (cFel) .

C o m m e n t: According to SMETANA (2004), this species is widespread in the East Mediterranean and the Caucasus region, but was previously unknown from Israel.