Philonthus flavocinctus MOTSCHULSKY, 1858 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 2 [identified by Lubomir Hromádka], Nahal Tavor N.R., 32°37'N, 35°33'E, - 220 m, stream bank, 10.V.2010, leg. Drees (cAss, Hro); 4, 5, same data, but 26.IV.2010 (cAss, cFel); 1, Nahal Qidron, 31°40'N, 35°26'E, - 370 m, 2.XII.2010, leg. Drees (cAss); 1, same data, but 16.III.2011 (cAss). C o m m e n t: Philonthus flavocinctus was originally described from "Indes orientalis" (probably Myanmar) and subsequently recorded from numerous localities in the Oriental region and from the south of the East Palaearctic, as well as from Sudan and from Réunion in the Afrotropical region (HROMÁDKA 2012, SMETANA 2004). This species was previously unknown from Israel.

Published as part of Assing, V., 2014, On the Staphylinidae of Israel II, with a revision of some species of Dinusa SAULCY (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1179-1210 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2) on page 1187, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5308301