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 Atranus ruficollis (Gautier des Cottes, 1858) Dispersal power. Hind wings are longer than the elytra; we know of a flight observation from a car net (Michael Schuelke, personal observation). Boiteau et al. (2000) caught the similar American species, A. pubescens (Dejean, 1828), in flight interception traps. Habitat. Softwood floodplain woodlands with Nerium oleander ( Nerium oleander ), Oriental plane ( Platanus orientalis ), and willows ( Salix spp.); mostly close to springs/sources and streams; often under deposited driftwood, in the litter layer, and on small shaded gravel banks. The same habitat is populated in Europe ( Paill and Gunczy 2016 ) and Cyprus (pers. obs.) (Fig. 34 ). Phenology. All our specimens from Israel are from March to May; probably a spring breeder with summer larvae. Distribution range. From southwest Europe ( Serrano 2013 ) to southwest Asia ( Austin et al. 2008 ; Azadbakhsh and Nozari 2015 ; Schmidt 2017 ), northwards to southern Central Europe ( Paill and Gunczy 2016 ), southwards to Sicily ( Brandmayr et al. 2005 ), and probably North Africa (Algeria, Lindroth 1968 : 649). Distribution in the southern Levant. First record from Tanur (Tanur Waterfalls, Nahal 'Iyyon Nature Reserve) ( Wrase 2009 ), also in the wadis Nahal Kziv and Nahal Betzet (see Suppl. material 1). Probably also in Lebanon, but no records yet. Conservation. The damages to water bodies of streams (exploitation, pollution, reduced dynamics of floods due to drainage) ( Goren 2004 ) has probably resulted in a decrease of habitats for A. ruficollis . In recent years (2018, 2019), chlorinated water has also been used to feed the stream in the Nahal Betzet (pers. obs.).