Abacetus (Astigis) quadripustulatus PEYRON 1858 I s r a e l: North district: Upper Galilee, N. shore of Sea of Galilee, - 200m, Kfar Nakhum (Capernaum), 32°53.011’N / 035°34.707’E (shore with stones and gravel), 22.IV.2006, Wrase leg. [4] (1 spcm., cWR). - South district: Dead Sea area, En Gedi, En Gedi Spring (gravel/moist places along spring), 16.III.2008, Wrase leg. [13] (10 spcms., cWR). Dead Sea area, En Gedi, Wadi Arugot (gravel along small river), 16.III.2008, Wrase leg. [14] (1 spcm., cWR). Armenia, Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen (CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET 2003: 346). Not mentioned in BODENHEIMER 1932 but in BODENHEIMER 1937: 112 for Palestine without exact locality, so seemingly these are the first detailed records for Israel.

Published as part of 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,, pp. 901-935 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1) on page 912, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5276330