Amara (Phaenotrichus) pumilio (PIOCHARD DE LA BRÛLERIE 1876)

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 : 930

Amara (Phaenotrichus) pumilio (PIOCHARD DE LA BRÛLERIE 1876)

I s r a e l: North District: Upper Galilee, Meron Mts., Har Meron, Kamin Rom, 1100 m, 32°59.447’N / 035°24.669’E (open stony grazing land, limestone), 28.IV.2006, Wrase leg. [15] (1 spcm., cWR, Hieke det. 2006). Upper Galilee, S Ziv’on, 750 m, 33°01.189’N / 035°24.914’E (open stony grazing land, dolomite), 28./ 29.IV.2006, Wrase leg. [16] (4 spcms. MNHUB, cWR, Hieke det. 2006).

The species, described from Libanon (Ehden), and not often found, is further on known from Israel and Syria (CATPAL 1: HIEKE 2003: 566), and was mentioned by CHIKATUNOV et al. (2006: 295) with the synonym name A. politissa (REITTER), based on material collected in light traps but without mentioning a locality. As I know of no published locality, above findings are the first detailed records for this country.