Eurygyrus phoeniceus (Verhoeff, 1900)

Lysiopetalum (Apfelbeckia) byzantinum phoeniceum Verhoeff, 1900, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 59, Taf. 8, figs 28–29. Male ST (ZMB) from Caifa, Palestine. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 345.

Lysiopetalum (Brölemannia) Kervillei Attems, 1911, Bull. Soc. Amis Sci. Nat. Rouen, 5: 63. ST: 4 MM*, 1 F* (NHMW), 3 MM and 5 FF (MNHN) from Berze, Syria. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Broelemannia phoeniceum: Verhoeff, 1923, Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 147, figs A–C.

Brölemannia Kervillei: Attems, 1926, Voyage zool. en Syrie, 1: 252, pl. 30, figs 27–31.

Brölemannia phoeniceum: Verhoeff, 1932, Bronn’s Kl. Ord. Tier-Reichs, 5: 1514, fig. 915.

Brölemannia phoenicea orientalis Lohmander, 1932, K. Vet. O. Vitterh. Samh. Handl., 3 (2): 5, figs 2–4. Male HT (GNM?/ NHRS?) from “ Persien: Tawane (Tawanah in Laristan?)”. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman (1973).

Brölemannia kervillei: Verhoeff, 1940, Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul, 5: 19.

Brölemannia kerwilei [sic!]: Lang, 1964, Vest. Českosl. Spol. Zool., 28 (3): 240.

Broelemannia phoenicea orientalis Brol. [sic!]: Attems, 1951, S.B. Kaiser. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 160: 391.

Eurygyrus phoeniceus phoeniceus: Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 62: 148, figs 22, 44–46. Tabacaru, 1995, Soil Fauna of Israel, 1: 25.

Eurygyrus phoeniceus orientalis: Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 62: 149.

Eurygyrus phoeniceus: Hoffman, 1973, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 69: 96. Glaubrecht & Spelda, 1993, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 90: 300, 301. Stoev & Enghoff, 2004, Zootaxa, 419: 7. Stagl & Stoev, 2005, Katal. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 19, Heft 2: 15, 22. Enghoff & Moravvej, 2005, Zool. Middle East, 35: 63. Enghoff, 2006, Steenstrupia, 29 (2): 194.

Range: Syria, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey?

Remark: The status of the subspecies orientalis is uncertain. Hoffman & Lohmander (1964) stated that the unique speci-

men from Iran may have been mislabelled. Besides in Iran, there is a village with the same name in Israel (Google). The

records of Lang from Chikefté and Derumer caves in Turkey are doubtful and need confirmation (cf. Enghoff 2006).