Phanerotoma (Phanerotoma) leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894

Phanerotoma leucobasis Kriechbaumer 1894: 62.

Material.

5♀♀, 1♂ Kerdasa (30°1'56.136"N; 31°6'32.6874"E), II.1965 [MAC]; 3♀♀, El Mansouria (30°8'14.1"N; 31°3'46.656"E), IX.1995 [MAC]; 4♀♀, 1 ♂ Safaga (26°44'25.764"N; 33°58'54.5514"E), VII.2007 [CUC]; 2♀♀, 1 ♂ Giza (29°37'18.048"N; 31°15'14.508"E), 13.II.2008 [CUC]; 1♀, Ismailia (30°38'20.7954"N; 32°16'7.572"E), 28.III.2008 [CUC]; 1♀, 1♂ Alexandria (31°5'1.3914"N; 29°45'53.316"E), 4.X.2008 [CUC]; 2♀♀, 1♂ Assuit (31°32'55.248"N; 27°23'33.2514"E), 12.I.2009 [CUC].

Variation.

The colour of the head varies from yellowish brown to nearly black; the terminal flagellomeres are usually blackish, but in few cases paler; the third metasomal tergite is usually brownish, but blackish in a few specimens, and the second tergite sometimes has brownish spots laterally.

Distribution.

In Egypt previously recorded from Alexandria, Dokki, Gara, Maadi, Sinai (van Achterberg 1990), Africa (Central, North and Southeast), Israel, USA [California, introduced (Shenefelt 1973)] and West Asia