Thyridanthrax elegans (Wiedemann, 1818)

Material: 24 specimens: Ira 15.VII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Al Azraq Natural Reserve 20.V.2002 (1Ψ); Al Muwaqqar 16.IX.2002 (3Ψ), 27.IX.1995 (1Ψ) (Al Al Bayt Univ.); Al Mushaqqar 16.IX.2002 (3ɗ); Ash Shajarah 22.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (1ɗ); As Salt 2.IX.2002 (1ɗ); Eastern Bayudah 26.VIII.2002 (1Ψ, 1ɗ); Kafr Huda 2.IX.2002 (2ɗ); Na’or 5.VIII.2002 (2Ψ, 1ɗ); Ma’in 5.VIII.2002 (2Ψ); Muzayrib 31.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Zai 3.VII.2002 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia­Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia.

It is a common species collected from the yellow Heliotropium digynum (Förskal) (Boraginaceae) .