Family Carabidae



In Israel, Bodenheimer, 1935 has this to say: Tiger beetles (Cicindelinae) are abundant on the banks of water or on the shore of the sea. They are skillful flyers and the common species (Cicindela lunata, C. aulica) are easily identified by their greenish glimmering elytra, which possess white designs partly in the form of a crescent. The larvae live predaciously in their tubes in the soil, preferably sand, where they watch for passing prey. The white and black C. contorta is restricted to the dunes of the sea shore, and the beautifully green and brown colored Megacephala euphratica to the wadis in the southern deserts.
Ground beetles (Carabidae) are very numerous. they generally lack wings and live on the ground where they hide beneath stones or in cracks in the soil during spring days
In the hibernal inundation areas of rivers, wadis and swamps in the Jordan-Valley, in the coastal plain and in the hills they are found in abundance in the still wet soil in early spring. Species of Bembidion, Microlestes, Tachys, Harpalus Brachinus and many others are distributed over the country. The large black Procrustes impressus is common in the fields and the narrow, large headed, black Scarites eurytus is found underneath stones. The dark grey and white Graphipturus serrator which resembles a wingless Cicindela, is commn on the dunes, where it hides itself quickly in the brambles when danger threatens. For other reference sources see the bottom of the page.

Here is some information from Wikipedia:

Carabidae is a large family, with more than 20,000 species worldwide (approximately 2,200 of which reside in North America). Most species are carnivorous, and some will run swiftly to catch their prey. Although there is some variation in their body shape and coloring, most are shiny, black (some are metallic), and have ridged elytra (wing covers).
Ground beetles in the genus Brachinus are commonly known as bombardier beetles; they are noted for their defensive ability to squirt a jet of hot foul-smelling liquid from their abdomens.
Ground beetles in the subfamily Cicindelinae are known as tiger beetles. Unlike most of the other species of Carabidae, which are nocturnal, the tiger beetles are active diurnal hunters, and often brightly coloured.
All species except the more primitive Paussinae, have a groove on their front tibiae (leg) bearing a comb of hairs, for cleaning their antennae. Common habitats are under the bark of trees, under logs, or amongst rocks or sand by the edge of ponds and rivers.


Subfamily: Apotominae
Species Reference source Collection
Apotomus flavescens (Apetz, 1854) Bodenheimer, 1937
Apotomus rufithorax Pecchioli, 1837 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Brachininae
Species Reference source Collection
Brachynus bayardi Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus berytensis Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Brachynus ciliatus Liebke, 1933 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Brachynus ejaculans Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Brachynus exhalans Rossi, 1792 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus explodens Duftschmid, 1812 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Brachynus immaculicornis Dejean, 1826 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus latipennis Peyerimhoff, 1907 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachinus plagiatus Reiche, 1868 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus psophia Audinet Serville, 1821 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus sclopeta Fabricius, 1792 Bodenheimer, 1937
Brachynus sichemita Reiche et Saulcy Bet Dagan
Pheropsophus arabicus Arrow, 1901 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Pheropsophus hubenthali Wagner, 1926 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Broscinae
Species Reference source Collection
Broscus laevigatus Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Broscus nobilis Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Carabinae
Tribe: Carabini
Species Reference source Collection
Anthia duodecimguttata Benneli Bet Dagan
Anthia sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Calosoma auropunctatum (Herbst, 1784) Bet Dagan
Calosoma algiricum Gehin, 1885 Bet Dagan
Calosoma eversmanni Chaudier Bodenheimer, 1937
Calosoma maderae (Fabricius, 1775) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Calosoma olivieri Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Carabus bytinskii Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus hemprichi Dejean, 1826 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Carabus hemprichi elonensis Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Carabus hemprichi sidonius Lapouge, 1907 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus hemprichi damascenus Lapouge, 1924 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus hermonensis Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus Klug, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Carabus impressus carmelita Lapouge, 1907 Bodenheimer, 1937
Schweiger, 1970
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Carabus impressus hybridus Gangelbauer, 1887 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus jordanicus Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus negevensis Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus impressulus Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus dani Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus hureishanus Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus impressus palaestinus Lapouge, 1907 Bodenheimer, 1937
Schweiger, 1970
Carabus maurus osculati Osculati, 1844 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus mendelssohni Schweiger, 1970 Bodenheimer, 1937
Schweiger, 1970
Carabus mulsantianus Morawitz, 1886 Bodenheimer, 1937
Carabus piochardi Gehin, 1883 Schweiger, 1970
Carabus praestigiator Morawitz, 1888 Schweiger, 1970
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Carabus punctatus Castelnau Bodenheimer, 1937
Carabus syriacus galilaeus Schweiger, 1970 Schweiger, 1970 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Chlaeniinae
Species Reference source Collection
Chlaenius aeneocephalus Dejean, 1826 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius cruralis Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Chlaenius dejeani Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius dimidiatus Chaudoir, 1842 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius festivus (Panzer, 1796) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Chlaenius festivus caspius Motschulsky Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius obscurus Klug, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius spoliatus (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius subsulcatus Dejean, 1831 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Chlaenius velutinus (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chlaenius vestitus Paykull, 1790 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Cicindelinae
Species Reference source Collection
Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) Bodenheimer, 1937
Valdenberg, 1983
Bet Dagan
Calomera littoralis aulicoides (Sahlberg, 1913) Valdenberg, 1983 Bet Dagan
Calomera littoralis winkleri Mandl, 1934 Valdenberg, 1983
Calomera lunulata lunulata Fabricius, 1781 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cicindela lunulata nemoralis Olivier Bodenheimer, 1937
Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832 Valdenberg, 1983
Cicindela jarudniana vartinorum Tsch. Valdenberg, 1983
Cicindela contorta valdenbergi Mandl, 1981 Bodenheimer, 1937
Valdenberg, 1983
Bet Dagan
Lophyra flexuosa Fabricius, 1787 Bodenheimer, 1937
Valdenberg, 1983
Bet Dagan
Myriochile melancholica Fabricius, 1798 Bodenheimer, 1937
Valdenberg, 1983
Bet Dagan
Neocollyris euphratica (Latreille, 1822 ) Bodenheimer, 1937
Valdenberg, 1983
Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Cyclosominae
Species Reference source Collection
Masoreus orientalis Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Masoreus wetterhali Gyllenhal, 1813 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Dryptinae
Species Reference source Collection
Drypta dentata Rossi, 1790 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Drypta distincta (Rossi, 1792) Bodenheimer, 1937
Parazuphium damascenum Fairmaire, 1897 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Zuphium chevrolati Castelnau, 1833 Bodenheimer, 1937
Zuphium olens (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Species Reference source Collection
Acinopus laevigatus Ménétriése, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Acinopus picipes (Olivier, 1795) Bodenheimer, 1937
Acupalpus elegans Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Acupalpus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787) Bodenheimer, 1937
Acupalpus luteatus (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthracus longicornis (Schaum, 1857) Bodenheimer, 1937
Anthracus quarnerensis (Reitter, 1884) Bodenheimer, 1937
Carterus angustus Ménétri¸s, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Carterus asiaticus Chaudoir Chikatunov et al, 1999 Bet Dagan
Carterus calydonius (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Carterus cribratus (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855) MZLU
Carterus dama (Rossi, 1792) Bodenheimer, 1937
Carterus gilvipes Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 Bodenheimer, 1937
Carterus validiusculus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 Bodenheimer, 1937
Daptus vittatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 Bodenheimer, 1937
Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937
Dicheirotrichus obsoletus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ditomus calydonius (Rossi, 1790) Bet Dagan
Ditomus capito Audinet-Serville, 1821 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ditomus clypeatus (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Ditomus eremita Dejean, 1825) Bodenheimer, 1937
Ditomus moloch (La Bruliere) Bet Dagan
Ditomus obscurus Dejean, 1825 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Ditomus tricuspidatus (Fabricius, 1792) Bet Dagan
Dixus curtangulus Reitter, 1900 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dixus modestus (Schaum, 1858) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Dixus punctulatus Chaudoir, 1844 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Eucarterus sparsutus (Reitter, 1898) Bodenheimer, 1937
Graphopterus serrator Forsskal, 1775 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Graphopterus serrator multiguttatus Olivier 1790 Bodenheimer, 1937
Harpalus affinis (Shrank, 1781) Bet Dagan
Harpalus basanicus Sahlberg Bet Dagan
Harpalus caiphus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Harpalus distinguendus Duftschmidt, 1812 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Harpalus fulvus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
MZLU
Harpalus griseus (Panzer, 1797) Bet Dagan
Harpalus litigiosus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Harpalus metallinus Menetries, 1836 Bet Dagan
Harpalus puncticollis (Paykull, 1798) Bodenheimer, 1937
Harpalus punctatostriatus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Harpalus rubripes Duftschmid, 1812 Bodenheimer, 1937
Harpalus smyrnensis (Heyden, 1888) Bet Dagan
Harpalus tiridates Reitter, 1900 Bodenheimer, 1937
Harpalus tenebrosus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Heteracantha depressa Brullé, 1834 Bet Dagan
Loxoncus procerus Schaum, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Odotoncarus asiaticus (Chaudoir, 1852) Bodenheimer, 1937
Odotoncarus samson Reiche and Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Oedesis obscurior Pic, 1911 Bodenheimer, 1937
Oedesis palaestinus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1873 Bodenheimer, 1937
Oedesis semiobscurus Pic, 1905 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus azureus Fabricius, 1775 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus brevicollis Audinet-Serville, 1821 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus cribrellus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus diffinis (Dejean, 1829) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Ophonus franzinii Sciaki, 1987 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Ophonus houskai Jedlicka Bet Dagan
Ophonus israelita Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Ophonus judaeus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus libanigena Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus oblongus Schaum, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus quadricollis Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus subquadratus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus syriacus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Ophonus violaceus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Parophonus hirsutulus (Dejean, 1829) Bodenheimer, 1937
Parophonus planicollis (Dejean, 1829) Bodenheimer, 1937
Paraphonus complanatus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Penthus solitarius Peyron, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Penthus tenebrioides Waltl., 1838 Bodenheimer, 1937
Pseudaristus modestus Schaum, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenolophus abdominalis Géné 1836 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenolophus marginatus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Stenolophus proximus Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenolophus teutonus (Schrank, 1781) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Helluoninae
Species Reference source Collection
Macrochilus saulcyi Chevrolat, 1854 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Apristus subaeneus Chaudoir, 1846 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cymindis adusta Redtenbacher, 1843 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cymindis andreae Menetries, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Cymindis axillaris (Fabricius, 1794) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cymindis hierichonticus Reiche, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Cymindis lineata (Quensel, 1806) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Cymindis saturalis Dejean Bodenheimer, 1937
Cymindoidea gracilis (Dejean, 1831) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Dromius linearis (Olivier, 1795) Bodenheimer, 1937
Dromius vagepictus Fairmaire, 1854 Bodenheimer, 1937
Glycia ornata Klug, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Glycia unicolor Chaudoir, 1848 Bodenheimer, 1937
Lebia cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Lebia lepida Brulle, 1834 Bodenheimer, 1937
Lebia ruficollis Reitter, 1915 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Metadromius lateplagiatus Fairmaire, 1873 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microdaccus pulchellus Schaum, 1864 Bodenheimer, 1937
Microlestes baudii Fairmaire, 1892 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Microlestes corticalis Dufour, 1820 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Microlestes luctuosus Holdhaus, 1904 Bodenheimer, 1937
Microlestes maurus (Sturm, 1827) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microlestes minutulus Goeze, 1777 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Microlestes plagiatus (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937
Microlestes seladon Holdhaus, 1912 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microlestes schmiedeknechti Pic, 1900 Bodenheimer, 1937
Microlestes syriacus (Brisout, 1885) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Microlestes vittatus Motschulsky, 1859 Bodenheimer, 1937
Microlestes vittipennis Sahlberg, 1908 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Paradromius strigilatera Reitter, 1894 Bodenheimer, 1937
Philorhizus crucifer Lucas, 1846 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Philorhizus nigriventris Thomson, 1857 Bodenheimer, 1937
Philorhizus quadrisignatus (Dejean, 1825) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Platytarus bufo Fabricius, 1801 Bodenheimer, 1937
Platytarus gracilis Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Singilis arcuata Reiche Bodenheimer, 1937
Singilis fuscipennis libani Sahlberg Bodenheimer, 1937
Singilis plagiata Reiche et Saulcy Bet Dagan
Somotrichus elevatus Fabricius, 1792 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Somotrichus unifasciatus Dejean, 1831 Donahaye, 1967 Bet Dagan
Syntomus fuscomaculatus (Motschulsky, 1844) Bodenheimer, 1937
Syntomus impressus Dejean, 1825 Bodenheimer, 1937
Syntomus lateralis (Motschulsky, 1855) Bodenheimer, 1937
Syntomus foveolatus Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Licininae
Species Reference source Collection
Amblystomus metallescens (Dejean, 1829) Bodenheimer, 1937
Amblystomus picinus Baudi, 1864 Bodenheimer, 1937
Licinus aegyptiacus Dejean, 1826 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Licinus silphoides (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Nebrinae
Leistus spinibarbis (Fabricius, 1775) Bodenheimer, 1937
Nebria hemprichi Klug Bodenheimer, 1937
Nebria kratteri Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Notiophilinae
Notiophilus danielis Reitter, 1897 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Notiophilus geminatus Dejean & Boisduval, 1830 Bodenheimer, 1937
Notiophilus pusillus Waterhouse, 1833 Bodenheimer, 1937
Notiophilus substriatus Waterhouse, 1833 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Paussinae
Species Reference source Collection
Paussus piochardi Saulcy Bodenheimer, 1937
Paussus thomsoni Reiche, 1984 Bet Dagan
Paussus turcicus Frivaldzky, 1835 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Platyninae
Species Reference source Collection
Calathus syriacus Chaudoir, 1863 MZLU
Subfamily: Pogoninae
Pogonus gilvipes Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Pterostichinae
Agonum atratum (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937
Agonum dorsale (Pontoppidan, 1763) Bet Dagan
Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937
Agonum sordidum Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Agonum viridicupreum (Goeze, 1777) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Amara aberrans Baudi di Selve, 1864 Bodenheimer, 1937
Amara aenea (Degeer, 1774) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810) Bodenheimer, 1937
Amara cottyi (Coquerel, 1859) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Amara erythrocnema Zimmermann, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Amara fervida Coquerel, 1859 Bodenheimer, 1937
Amara rufescens Dejean, 1829 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Amara simplex Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Anchomenus dorsalis Pontoppidan, 1763 Bodenheimer, 1937
Albacetos quadripustulatus Peyron, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Calathus acuticollis Putzeys Bet Dagan
Calathus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Calathus fuscipes Goeze, 1777 Bodenheimer, 1937
Calathus libanensis Putzeys 1873 Chikatunov et al, 1999
Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Calathus mollis (Marsham, 1802) Bodenheimer, 1937
Calathus ochropterus (Duftschmidt, 1812) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Calathus syriacus Chaudoir, 1863 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Laemostenus cordicollis Chaudoir, 1854 Bodenheimer, 1937
Laemostenus parallelocollis (Reiche et Saulcy, 1855) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Laemostenus quadricollis (Redtenbacher, 1843) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Laemostenus venustus (Dejean, 1828) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Olisthopus fuscatus Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Olisthopus glabricollis Germar, 1817) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Orthomus barbarus Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Orthomus sidonicus Chaudoir, 1873 Bodenheimer, 1937
Platyderus languidus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Platyderus punctiger Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Platyderus ruficollis punctiger Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bet Dagan
Poecilus bonvoisini Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Poecilus leus Andrewes, 1927 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Poecilus pertusus Schaum, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Poecilus quadricollis Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Pterostichus fuscicornis Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Pterostichus nigritus (Paykull, 1790) Bet Dagan
Pterostichus pertusus Shaum Bet Dagan
Sphodrus leucophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Zabrus helopioides Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Zabrus morio Menetries, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Subfamily: Scaritinae
Species Reference source Collection
Clivina fossor (Linnaeus, 1758) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Clivina laevifrons Chaudoir, 1842 Bodenheimer, 1937
Clivina sacra Putzeys, 1875 Bodenheimer, 1937
Clivina syriaca Sahlberg, 1908 Bodenheimer, 1937
Clivina ypsilon Dejean, 1830 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dyschirius chalybaeus (Putzeys, 1846) Bodenheimer, 1937
Dyschirius importunus Schaum, 1856-1860 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dyschirius minutus Dejean, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dyschirius salinus Schaum, 1843 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dyschirius syriacus Putzeys, 1866 Bodenheimer, 1937
Scarites aharonii Reitner, 1909 Bodenheimer, 1937
Scarites eurytus Fischer, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Scarites guineensis Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Scarites hespericus Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Scarites planus Bonelli, 1813 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Scarites procerus Dejean, 1825 Bodenheimer, 1937
Scarites saxicola Bonelli, 1813 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Scarites subcylindricus Chaudior, 1843 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Scarites terricola Bonelli, 1813 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Siagoninae
Species Reference source Collection
Cymbionotum collare Baudi di Selve, 1864 Bodenheimer, 1937
Siagona brunnipes Dejean, 1825 Bet Dagan
Siagona europaea Dejean, 1826 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Siagona fuscipes Bonelli, 1813 Bodenheimer, 1937
Siagona longula Reiche, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Bembidini
Species Reference source Collection
Asaphidion flavipes (Linnaeus, 1761) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion ambiguum rugicolle Reiche et Saulcy Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Bembidion atlanticum megaspilum (Walker,1871) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Bembidion biguttatum (Fabricius, 1779) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion bodenheimeri Netolitzky, 1935 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion curtulum Duval, 1851 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Bembidion jordanense La Brulerie Bet Dagan
Bembidion judaicum Sahlberg, 1908 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion lampros (Herbst, 1784) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion lampros humerisacutis Herbst Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion latiplaga Chaudoir, 1850 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion leucoscelis Chaudoir, 1850 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Bembidion liliputanum Sahlberg, 1908 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion litorale (Olivier, 1791) Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bembidion luridicorne Solsky, 1874 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion moeoticum Kolenati, 1845 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion niloticum Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion nitidulum Marsham, 1802 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion normannum Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion octomaculatum (Goeze, 1777) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion orientale Peyron, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion persicum Menetries, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion praeustum Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion quadrifossulatum Schaum, 1862 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion quadriguttatum Audinet-Serville 1821 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Bembidion quinquestriatum Gyllenhal, 1810 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion quinquestriatum berytense Netolitsky Bet Dagan
Bembidion siculum Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion siculum smyrnense Apfelbeck Bet Dagan
Bembidion splendidum Sturm, 1825 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion sporadicum Sahlberg, 1903 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion subplagiatum Sahlberg, 1908 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion testaceum (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion tetrasemum Chaudoir, 1846 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bembidion varium (Olivier, 1795) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Elaphropus caraboides Motschulsky, 1839 Bodenheimer, 1937
Elaphropus ferrugatus (Reitter, 1902) Bet Dagan
Elaphropus lucasi Duval, 1842 Bet Dagan
Limnastis galilaeus Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys angustulus Reitter, 1899 Bet Dagan
Tachys bistriatus (Duftschmid, 1812) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Tachys cardioderus Chaudoir, 1850 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys diabrachys Kolenati, 1845. Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys fulvicollis Dejean, 1831 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys grandicollis Chaudouir, 1846 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys haemorrhoidalis Dejean Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys lucasi Duval, 1852 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys micros (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys pallidus Reitter, 1844 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys parallelus Motschulsky, 1850 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys parvulus curvimanus Wollaston, 1854 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys scutellaris Stephens, 1828 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys torretassoi Schstzmayr and Koch, 1934 Bodenheimer, 1937
Tachys triangularis Nietner, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937

Tribe: Trechini
Perileptus areolatus (Creutzer, 1799) Bodenheimer, 1937
Trechus crucifer Piochard de la Brulerie, 1876 Bodenheimer, 1937
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Trechus libanensis La Brullerie Bet Dagan
Trechus obtusus Erichson 1837 Bodenheimer, 1937
Trechus quadristriatus (Schrank, 1781) Bodenheimer, 1937
Trechus quadristriatus syriacus Putz. Bodenheimer, 1937
REJECTED
Species Reference source Collection
Carabus impressus saronicus Lapouge Bodenheimer, 1937
Schweiger, 1970 rejected by omission