Calomera littoralis aulicoides (J. Sahlberg, 1913)

Matalin, Andrey V. & Chikatunov, Vladimir I., 2016, The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands, ZooKeys 578, pp. 115-160 : 117-118

Calomera littoralis aulicoides (J. Sahlberg, 1913)

General distribution.

Asia Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt (Sinai), Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq; Africa Egypt.

References.

Israel - Sahlberg 1913: 3 (as Cicindela ); Mandl 1934: 244-245 (as Cicindela lunulata nemoralis aulicoides ), 1982: 93-94 (as Lophyridia aulicoides ); Valdenberg 1983: 44, 47 (as Cicindela ), 1985: 36 (as Cicindela ); Nussbaum 1987: 11-12 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 149 (as Lophyridia ); Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 100; Chikatunov et al. 2006: 293; Egypt (Sinai) Mandl 1934: 244-245 (as Cicindela lunulata nemoralis aulicoides ), 1982: 94 (as Lophyridia aulicoides ); Alfieri 1976: 2 (as Cicindela lunulata aulicoides ); Wiesner 1992: 149 (as Lophyridia ); Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003: 207 (as Lophyridia ); Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 103; Abdel-Dayem 2004: 74 (as Lophyridia ).

Distribution

(Figs 2 - 3 ). Israel (including State of Palestine), Golan Heights: Hammat Gader, 2.X.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 1♀ (TAU); Lower Galilee: Teverya, 16.VI.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 1♀; Kinneret, 16.VI.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 3♂♂ 3♀♀; Jordan Valley: Zor Deir Shaman, Yarden bank, 32°02'30 ’' N, 35°30'E, 15.III.2005, leg. L. Friedman & I. Zonstein 3♂♂ 1♀ (TAU); Allenby bridge (after Mandl 1982); Tomer, Ma’oz-Hayyim (both after Nussbaum 1987); Dead Sea Area: Yeriho, Jordan, Palestine, 24.IV.27 - 1♀; ' Enot Zuqim, 13.III.1993, leg. V. Chikatunov 2♂♂ 1♀, 9.VI.1997, leg. L. Friedman 1♂, 1.II.1994, and 13.III.1994, leg. V. Chikatunov 3♂♂ 2♀♀; Ne`ot HaKikkar, 19.IV.1999, 16.VII.1999, 13.VIII.1999, and 11.IX.1999, leg. I. Yarom & amp; V. Kravchenko 17♂♂ 11♀♀; Sedom, 19.VIII.1957, J. Wahrman - 2♂♂; Qalya, 9.VI.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 4♂♂ 6♀♀ (all TAU); ' En Gedi, 1-13.V.1980, 19-29.V.1989, leg. G. Müller 3♀♀; Newe Zohar, 24.VI.1987, leg. Y. Nussbaum 1♂ (both cJW); Wadi El Nawaime [Wadi en Nu’eima] (after Sahlberg 1913); Enot Qane (after Nussbaum 1987); Arava Valley: ' En Zin, 30°53.60'N, 35°09.17'E, light trap BL, 12.X.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♂; Hazeva, field school, 30°46.70'N, 35°14.25'E, light trap BL, 20.III.1999, 21.V.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♂ 3♀♀; ' En 'Iddan, 20.VI.1995, leg. I. Yarom & A. Freidberg 2♂♂ 1♀; 15.VII.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko - 3♂♂ 4♀♀; Nahal Shezaf, 18.V.1999, 8.VI.1999, light trap, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♂ 1♀; Nahal Neqarot, 10.III.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♀ (all TAU).

Jordan, Al Balqā ': Al Maghtas, 12.II.1942, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 1♂ 2♀♀(TAU); Ma’Dabā: Suwayma, Dead Sea, 5.IV.2000, leg. G. & I. Zappi 1♂1♀ (MPU).

Egypt (Sinai), Northern Sinai: Ismailia (after Alfieri 1976); Southwestern Sinai: El Tor (after Alfieri 1976; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003; Abdel-Dayem 2004).

Figures

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).

Figure 3. Distribution of two subspecies of Calomera littoralis in Israel, Palestine and border areas of Jordan (red circles - Cicindela littoralis aulicoides, blue circles - Calomera littoralis winkleri, 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).