The Caterpillar Hunter Beetles Calosoma Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the southern Levant

Thorsten Aßmann; Estève Boutaud; Jörn Buse; Claudia Drees; Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedmann; Andreas Hetzel; Eylon Orbach; Ittai Renan; Christoph Reuter; David W. Wrase

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4535847

The Caterpillar Hunter Beetles Calosoma Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the southern Levant

Thorsten Aßmann
, Estève Boutaud
, Jörn Buse
, Claudia Drees
, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedmann
, Andreas Hetzel
, Eylon Orbach
, Ittai Renan
, Christoph Reuter
, David W. Wrase

Professorship of Ecology, especially Animal Ecology

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Abstract

Eight species of the ground beetle genus Calosoma are reported from the southern Levant (Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Jordan) and adjacent areas in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. The reports of one species were probably due to mislabelling. An illustrated identification key for the species in the region is provided. The current state of knowledge on ecological traits (e.g. dispersal power, phenology and prey) and distribution range, especially in the southern Levant, of the treated Calosoma species is summarized. Additional information about taxonomy and identification of the species is also provided.

We dedicate this work to Vladimir Chikatunov, a curator of the Coleoptera Collection of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He supported us in many different ways in our work with carabids from Israel and neighbouring countries. Some of us particularly remember the excellent excursions he led to the Negev and the Golan Heights.

Original language	English
Journal	Israel Journal of Entomology
Volume	50
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	133-158
Number of pages	26
ISSN	0075-1243
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4535847
Publication status	Published - 31.12.2020

Bibliographical note

Festschrift for Prof. Vladimir I. Chikatunov

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Entomological Society of Israel. All rights reserved.

Research areas and keywords

Ecosystems Research
biodiversity
Coleoptera
carabidae
beetles
ground beetles
identification key
species traits taxonomy
levant
Mediterranean
Middle East
Palaearctic
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
sAUDI
Arabia
Syria
climtate change
poleward shift

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science
Ecology

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Fig_7_A_Calosoma_imbricatum_s_str_male from ASSMANN, T., E. BOUTAUD, J. BUSE, C. DREES, A.-L.-L. FRIEDMAN, A. HETZEL, E. ORBACH, I. RENAN, C. REUTER & D.W. WRASE (2020): The caterpillar hunting beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Calosoma Weber, 1801) in the southern Levant. – Israel Journal of Entomology 50 (2): 133–158. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4535847
Assmann, T. (Creator), Boutaud, E. (Creator), Buse, J. (Creator), Drees, C. (Creator), Friedman, A.-L.-L. (Creator), Hetzel, A. (Creator), Orbach, E. (Creator), Renan, I. (Creator), Reuter, C. (Creator) & Wrase, D. W. (Creator), ZENODO, 11.04.2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4679662, https://zenodo.org/record/4679662
Dataset
Calosoma algiricum, lower side of male protarsi, 2 dilated segments with adhesive setae, specimen from Palmyra (Homs, Syria)
Assmann, T. (Contributor), Boutaud, E. (Contributor), Buse, J. (Contributor), Drees, C. (Contributor), Friedman, A.-L.-L. (Contributor), Hetzel, A. (Contributor), Orbach, E. (Contributor), Renan, I. (Contributor), Reuter, C. (Contributor) & Wrase, D. W. (Contributor), ZENODO, 16.04.2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4696092, https://zenodo.org/record/4696092
Dataset
Calosoma inquisitor, habitus: (A, B) male and female, Pindos Mountains (Greece); (C) male, Pülümür (Turkey).
Assmann, T. (Creator), Boutaud, E. (Creator), Buse, J. (Creator), Drees, C. (Creator), Friedman, A.-L.-L. (Creator), Hetzel, A. (Creator), Orbach, E. (Creator), Renan, I. (Creator), Reuter, C. (Creator) & Wrase, D. W. (Creator), ZENODO, 12.04.2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4680453, https://zenodo.org/record/4680453
Dataset

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The Caterpillar Hunter Beetles Calosoma Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the southern Levant

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Calosoma algiricum, lower side of male protarsi, 2 dilated segments with adhesive setae, specimen from Palmyra (Homs, Syria)

Calosoma inquisitor, habitus: (A, B) male and female, Pindos Mountains (Greece); (C) male, Pülümür (Turkey).

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