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 (Olisares) viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777) Dispersal power. Fully winged and flight active (pers. obs.). A species with an abrupt northward distributional extension in Central Europe ( Drees et al. 2011 ). Habitat. Wetlands, mostly winter ponds, rarely on riverbanks of streams or in semi-open floodplain woodlands (e.g., swamps with Tamarix and Eucalyptus north of the Sea of Galilee) (Figs 31 , 33 ). Phenology. Spring breeder, tenerals at least sometimes also in March; adults hibernate. Distribution range. The nominate subspecies from Southwest Europe to West Siberia and southern Levant (including Sinai, Drees et al. 2011 ); in North Africa (without Egypt) and Central Asia two further subspecies ( Schmidt 2017 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. In the Mediterranean climate zone (Lebanon, North Israel, Egypt: North Sinai) ( Drees et al. 2011 ), not yet known from Jordan. The southern Levant is the rear edge of the distribution range of the nominate subspecies. In contrast to the leading edge no poleward shift has been observed in the southern Levant ( Drees et al. 2011 ).