Dicheirotrichus (Dicheirotrichus) obsoletus (DEJEAN, 1829)

Material examined: Libya: Tripolis, no collecting data, Quedenfeldt (2♂♂ - MFNB).

Distributed from the Canary Islands mainly along Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe (reaching Central Europe and western Baltic) and North Africa to Turkey, Israel (JAEGER & KATAEV 2003: 403, WRASE 2009: 921) and Cyprus (AUSTIN et al. 2008: 66). In North Africa, the species was hitherto known from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt (JAEGER & KATAEV 2003: 403). It is here recorded for Libya for the first time.