Lophyra (s. str.) flexuosa flexuosa (Fabricius, 1787)

Matalin, Andrey V. & Chikatunov, Vladimir I., 2016, The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands, ZooKeys 578, pp. 115-160 : 122-123

Lophyra (s. str.) flexuosa flexuosa (Fabricius, 1787)

General distribution.

Europe Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, Switzerland; Asia Israel, Egypt (Sinai); Africa Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt.

References.

Israel - Bodenheimer 1937: 108 (as Cicindela ), Valdenberg 1983: 42, 48 (as Cicindela flexosa ), 1985: 33 (as Cicindela flexosa ); Nussbaum 1987: 9, 15 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 160; Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 112; Chikatunov et al. 2006: 293; Ptashkovsky 2009: 8-9; Egypt (Sinai) Alfieri 1976: 1-2 (as Cicindela ); Nussbaum 1987: 9, 15 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 160; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003: 203; Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 103; Abdel-Dayem 2004: 74.

Distribution

(Figs 6 , 9 ). Israel (including State of Palestine), Northern Coastal Plain: ' Akko, 23.IV.1927, leg. O. Theodor 1♀; Dor, 23.IV.1998, leg. A. Traub 2♀♀; Haifa, 18.V.1996, leg. Hauser 1♀; Ma’agan Mikha`el, 16.V.1978, 21.XI.1978, 18.XII.1978, 12.II.1979, 4.III.1979, 10.III.1979, 16.VI.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 31♂♂ 56♀♀; 16.IV.1983, leg. E. Shney-Dor - 1♂ 3♀♀ (all TAU); Central Coastal Plain: Bat Yam, 14.III.1940, 12.II.1941, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 2♂♂ 1♀; Hofit, 21.IX.1994, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂; Holon, 4.V.1978, leg. A. Freidberg 3♂♂ 2♀♀; Nahal Alexander, 32°24'N, 34°52'E, 15.V.2005, leg. I. Zonstein 1♀; Rehovot, 18.III.1954, leg. J. Wahrman 2♀♀ (all TAU); Southern Coastal Plain: Ashdod, sands, 29.II.1984, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂; Nir 'Am, 21.III.1946, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 2♂♂ 3♀♀; Nizzanim, 5.III.1996, leg. A. Freidberg 1♀; Yavne, 17.IV.1974, leg. D. Furth 2♂♂; Ziqqim, 7.II.1996, leg. I. Yarom & A. Freidberg 2♂♂ (all TAU); Dead Sea Area: Qumeran, 18.II.1997, leg. V. Chikatunov 2♂♂; Yeriho, 23.VII.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 1♂ 2♀♀ (all TAU); Arava Valley: ' En 'Iddan, 18.IV.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 2♂♂ 1♀ (TAU); Northern Negev: Be`er Sheva, 1.IV.1946, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 2♀♀; Bor Mashash, 18.IV.1995, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂ 1♀; Gevulot, 6.IV.1985, leg. E. Shney-Dor 3♂♂ 5♀♀; Revivim, Park Golda, 26.III.1999, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂ 1♀ (all TAU); Central Negev: Yeroham, 27.III.1966, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 4♂♂ 7♀♀; 25.IV.1973, 22.IV.1981, leg. J. Kugler 1♂ 4♀♀, 19.III.1978, leg. M. Kaplan 6♂♂ 5♀♀; 19.III.1978, leg. A. Freidberg - 6♂♂; Sede Boker, 8.VI.1987, leg. E. Shney-Dor - 1♂; Kadesh Barnea, 11.IV.1974, leg. D. Furth 3♂♂ 2♀♀; 9.V.1979, leg. A. Valdenberg 3♂♂ 6♀♀ (all TAU); Southern Negev: Elat, 14.VI.1981, leg. R. Keian 1♀ (TAU).

Egypt (Sinai), Northern Sinai: Sabkhat al Shic, 8.V.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (TAU); Ismailia (after Alfieri 1976); Central Sinai Foothills: Wadi Godirate [Gudeirat] (after Nussbaum 1987: Fig. 6 ; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Southwestern Sinai: Nabeq (after Abdel-Dayem 2004), Wadi Gharandal (after Alfieri 1976; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003).

Figures

Figure 6. Distribution of Lophyra flexuosa flexuosa in Israel and Palestine (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).

Figure 9. Distribution of Hypaetha singularis (red circles), Myriochila melancholica melancholica (blue rhombs), Lophyra flexuosa flexuosa (orange squares) and Grammognatha euphratica euphratica (lilac triangles) in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt (open symbols records before year 1949, half-solid symbols - records between years 1950 - 1999; URL map source https: // upload. wikimedia. org / wikipedia / commons / 5 / 59 / Sinai _ relief _ location _ map. svg).