Chelonus (Microchelonus) sulcatus Jurine, 1807

Chelonus sulcatus Jurine 1807: 291.

Material.

1 ♀, Menia El Kamh (30°30'55.404"N; 31°20'58.02"E), 12.XI.1973 [ASC]; 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Arab El Raml (31°14'35.0514"N; 29°57'36.756"E), 4.III.1975 [ASC]; 1♀, Samanoud (30°57'35.928"N; 31°14'15.8994"E), X.1981 [MAC]; 1 ♀, Beba (28°55'25.4274"N, 30°59'2.2914"E), 25.IV.2008 [CUC].

Remarks.

The examined specimens have the carapace entirely black, but in a single specimen (from Samanoud), a peculiar crown-shaped basal orange reddish spot is present.

Distribution.

Egypt [Beni Suef, Minya and Sids (Morsy 1976)],Europe, Israel, Mongolia and Russia.