Myriochila (s. str.) melancholica melancholica (Fabricius, 1798)

Matalin, Andrey V. & Chikatunov, Vladimir I., 2016, The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands, ZooKeys 578, pp. 115-160 : 123-125

Myriochila (s. str.) melancholica melancholica (Fabricius, 1798)

General distribution.

Europe Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Albania, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan; Asia Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt (Sinai), Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Punjab, Sind), India (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal), China (Xinjiang); Africa Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Chad, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles.

References.

Israel Bodenheimer 1937: 108 (as Cicindela ); Valdenberg 1983: 43, 46 (as Cicindela ), 1985: 40 (as Cicindela ); Nussbaum 1987: 9, 14 (as Cicindela ); Wiesner 1992: 211; Finkel et al. 2002: 28; Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 114; Rittner 2003; Chikatunov et al. 2006: 293; Ptashkovsky 2009: 8-9; Egypt (Sinai) Nussbaum 1987: 9, 14 (as Cicindela ); Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003: 208; Abdel-Dayem 2004: 75.

Distribution

(Figs 7 , 9 ). Israel (including State of Palestine), Upper Galilee: Tel Dan, 25.VIII.1958, leg. J. Wahrman 1♂; 23.VIII.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 2♂♂; Nahal Keziv, 28.IX.1999, leg. M. Finkel 1♂ 1♀; Kefar Szold, 5.V.1998, leg. R. Ortal 1♂; Hula, 1.VI.1968, leg. H. Bytinski-Salz 6♂♂ 3♀♀ (all TAU); Lower Galilee: Teverya, 3.VI.1961, leg. J. Wahrman 4♂♂ 3♀♀; 24.V.1981, leg. A. Valdenberg 3♂♂ 1♀; Deganya, 15.IX.1951, J. Wahrman - 3♂♂ (all TAU); Golan Heights: Hammat Gader, 23.VII.2002, 2.X.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 5♂♂ 4♀♀ (TAU); Northern Coastal Plain: Ma’agan Mikha`el, 17.VI.1973, leg. D. Furth 5♂♂ 7♀♀; 20.IV.1986, leg. A. Freidberg 2♂♂ 3♀♀ (all TAU); Central Coastal Plain: Herzliyya, 20.V.2000, A. Freidberg 2♀♀; Bet Dagan, 26.VIII.1981, leg. Q. Argaman 2♂♂ 3♀♀; Ramat Gan, 3.VI.1985, leg. D. Gerling 7♂♂ 5♀♀; Rosh Ha’Ayin, 15.X.1994, leg. V. Chikatunov 3♂♂ 4♀♀; Tel Aviv, 2.IX.1974, leg. A. Freidberg & M. Kaplan 57♂♂ 60♀♀; 15.VIII.2002, 12.IV.2003, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 2♂♂ 7♀♀; 24.VII.1948, H. Bytinski-Salz 1♀ (all TAU); Southern Coastal Plain: Nizzanim, 23.VIII.2002, 5.X.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 4♂♂ 4♀♀ (TAU); Judean Desert: Nahal Perat (Wadi Qelt), 23.VII.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 1♂ 2♀♀ (TAU); Jordan Valley: Afiqim, 26.VIII.1971, leg. M. Kaplan 2♂♂; Ma’oz Hayyim, 21.V.1977, leg. A. Valdenberg 4♂♂ 2♀♀ (all TAU), from Dan to Ne`ot HaKikkar (after Nussbaum 1987); Dead Sea Area: Yeriho, 23.VII.2002, 5.X.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 3♂♂ 4♀♀; Qalya, 6.V.1980, leg. A. Valdenberg 3♂♂ 5♀♀ (all TAU); Arava Valley: Gerofit, 2.VIII.2002 and 5.X.2002, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 2♂♂ 4♀♀; Hazeva, 19.VII.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 2♂♂ 3♀♀; 19.IX.1995, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂ 1♀; ' En 'Iddan, 20.VI.1995, leg. A. Freidberg 3♂♂ 1♀; Yotvata, 24.VIII.1989, leg. A. Eitam 1♂; Zuqim, 22.VI.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 1♂ 2♀♀; Samar, 29°50'N, 35°02'E, 26.IV.2007, leg. N. Ketner 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (all TAU); Northern Negev: Be`er Sheva, 1.VIII.1945, leg. H, Bytinski-Salz 2♂♂ 2♀♀; Dimona, 18.VIII.1957, leg. J. Wahrman 1♂ 1♀; Gevulot, 18.V.1983, 6.VI.1984, 29.VIII.1987, leg. E. Shney-Dor 11♂♂ 12♀♀; Hazerim, 31.VIII.1951, leg. J. Wahrman 1♂ 1♀; Retamim, 12.VI.2002, 5.VI.2003, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 2♂♂ 5♀♀; Revivim, 1.IV.1942, leg. H, Bytinski-Salz 2♂♂ 2♀♀; 2.VIII.1958, leg. J. Kugler 1♂ (all TAU); Ze`elim, 17.IX.1986, leg. Y. Nussbaum, 1♀ (cJW); Central Negev: Mash’abbe Sade, 23.VIII.1965. J. Wahrman - 3♂♂3♀♀; 27.VIII.1986, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂ 1♀; Yeroham, 30.V.1957, leg. I. Yarkoni 3♂♂ 1♀; Tel Yeroham, 19.XI.1959, leg. L. Fishelsohn 1♂; Ma`agar Yeroham, 29.VII.2007, leg. L. Friedman 1♂; 30°59.37'N, 34°53.87'E, 22.V.2008, leg. L. Friedman 2♂♂ 2♀♀; Makhtesh Ramon, 9.VIII.1977, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂; Mizpe Ramon, 4.VIII.1977, leg. D. Simon 1♂; Shivta, 23.VI.1978, leg. A. Freidberg 5♂♂6♀♀ (all TAU); Qziot, 8.IX.1986, leg. Y. Nussbaum 2♂♂ (cJW); Ezuz (after Nussbaum 1987); Southern Negev: Elat, 6.IX.1974, leg. A. Freidberg 2♂♂; Shizzafon, 12.VI.2002, 5.X.2001, leg. V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov 1♂ 2♀♀ (all TAU).

Jordan, Al Balqā ': Al Maghtas, 23.V.1942, H. Bytinski-Salz 1♀ (TAU).

Egypt (Sinai), Northern Sinai: El Arish, 15.VI.1968, leg. J. Kugler 1♂ 2♀♀ (TAU; including after Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Southwestern Sinai: Ofira, sewage, 2.V.1981, leg. A. Freidberg 1♂ (TAU).

Figures

Figure 7. Distribution of Myriochila melancholica melancholica in Israel, Palestine and border areas of Jordan (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).