Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831)

Matalin, Andrey V. & Chikatunov, Vladimir I., 2016, The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands, ZooKeys 578, pp. 115-160 : 116-117

Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831)

General distribution.

Europe Greece; Asia Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt (Sinai), Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan; Africa: Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Chad, Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti.

References.

Israel - Bodenheimer 1937: 108 (as Cicindela ); Valdenberg 1983: 43, 46 (as Cicindela ), 1985: 37 (as Cicindela ); Cassola 1985: 56 (as Lophyridia ); Nussbaum 1987: 9-10 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 151 (as Lophyridia ); Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 99; Rittner 2003 (as Lophyridia ); Ptashkovsky 2009: 8-9 (as Lophyra ); Egypt (Sinai) - Horn 1931: 162 (as Cicindela ); Alfieri 1976: 1 (as Cicindela ); Cassola 1984: 56 (as Lophyridia ); Nussbaum 1987: 9-10 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 151 (as Lophyridia ); Werner 2000: 98 (as Lophyridia ); El-Moursy et al. 2001: 66 (as Cicindela ); Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003: 205 (as Lophyridia ); Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 103; Abdel-Dayem 2004: 74 (as Lophyridia ).

Distribution

(Figs 1 , 2 ). Israel (including State of Palestine), Jordan Valley: Zor Deir Shaman, 15.III.2005, I. Zonstein - 1♀; Gesher, 17.VIII.1939, H. Bytinski-Salz 1♂ (both TAU); Kinneret zone (after Nussbaum 1987); Dead Sea Area: Ne`ot HaKikkar, 7.V.1980, leg. A. Valdenberg 5♂♂ 7♀♀; 16.VII.1999, 13.VIII.1999, 11.IX.1999, and 12.XII. 1999, light trap BL, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 2♂♂ 7♀♀; Sedom, 15.VIII.1957, leg. J. Wahrman 1♂ 2♀♀ (all TAU); ' En Gedi, 19-29.V.1989, leg. G. Müler 1♀; Qalya, 28.VIII.1986, 28.6.1987, leg. Y. Nussbaum 2♂♂ (both cJW); ' Enot Qane (after Nussbaum 1987); Arava Valley: Be`er Ora, 3.IV.1997, leg. V. Chikatunov 3♂♂ 1♀; ' En 'Iddan, 15.VII.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♂ 1♀ (all TAU).

Jordan, Ma’Daba: Callirhoe, 7.VI.1942, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 2♀ (TAU).

Egypt (Sinai), Northern Sinai: Sabkhat al Bardawil, 25.VIII.1967, leg. I. Margalit 3♀♀; 24.VIII.1979, leg. A. Valdenberg 1♂ 2♀♀ (TAU); Ismailia (after Alfieri 1976); Zaranik Protectorate (after El-Moursy et al. 2001; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Sinai Mountains: 20 km NE of Dahab, saline land, 4.VIII.2008, leg. A. Sokolov 4♂♂5♀♀ (MPU); Southwestern Sinai: Suez - 1♂ (ZMUM); Nabeq, 17.VIII.1971, leg. J. Kugler 1♂ 2♀♀; 8.V.1980, leg. A. Valdenberg 4♂♂ 6♀♀; Ras al Tantur, 5.VII.1957, leg. Ch. Lewinsohn 2♂♂ 1♀, 17.VIII.1971, leg. M. Kaplan -1♀ (all TAU); 15 km W Ofira, Golf v. Elat, Straße von Tiran, 3.IV.1981, leg. G. Gerdes 1♂ (cJW); Wadi Gharandal, 20.V.1969, leg. Tsabar 1♂ (TAU); Abu Zenima, Wadi Tayebeh (both after Alfieri 1976); El Tor (after Alfieri 1976; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Ras Muhammad (after Nussbaum 1987).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Calomera aulica aulica in Israel, Palestine and border areas of Jordan (open circles records before year 1949, half-solid circles records between years 1950 - 1999, solid circles records after year 2000; map source Eric Gaba Wikimedia Commons user: Sting and Wikimedia Commons user: NordNordWest, URL https: // upload. wikimedia. org / wikipedia / commons / 7 / 7 c / Israel _ relief _ location _ map. jpg)

Figure 2. Distribution of Calomera aulica aulica (red circles) and Calomera littoralis aulicoides (blue rhombs) in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt (open symbols records before year 1949, half-solid symbols between years 1950 - 1999, solid symbols records after year 2000; URL map source https: // upload. wikimedia. org / wikipedia / commons / 5 / 59 / Sinai _ relief _ location _ map. svg).