Grammognatha euphratica euphratica Dejean in Latreille & Dejean, 1822

Matalin, Andrey V. & Chikatunov, Vladimir I., 2016, The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands, ZooKeys 578, pp. 115-160 : 125-126

Grammognatha euphratica euphratica Dejean in Latreille & Dejean, 1822

General distribution.

Europe - Spain, Greece (Rhodes, Crete); Asia Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt (Sinai), Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan; Africa Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Djibouti.

References.

Israel - Bodenheimer 1937: 108 (as Megacephala ); Naviaux 1983: 75 (as Megacephala ), Valdenberg 1983: 42, 47, 1985: 40 (as Megacephala ); Nussbaum 1987: 8, 11 (as Megacephala ); Wiesner 1992: 44 (as Megacephala euphratica nigra ); Franzen 2001: 89 (as Megacephala ); Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 118 (as Megacephala ); Rittner 2003 (as Megacephala ); Chikatunov et al. 2006: 293 (as Megacephala ); Ptashkovsky 2009: 8-9 (as Megacephala ); Egypt (Sinai) Schatzmayr 1936: 6 (as Megacephala ); Alfieri 1976: 1 (as Megacephala ); Nussbaum 1987: 8, 11 (as Megacephala ); Wiesner 1992: 44 (as Megacephala euphratica nigra ); Werner 1999: 68 (as Megacephala ); El-Moursy et al. 2001: 66 (as Megacephala ); Franzen 2001: 88 (as Megacephala ); Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003: 196; Puchkov and Matalin 2003: 118 (as Megacephala ); Abdel-Dayem 2004: 73.

Distribution

(Figs 8 , 9 ). Israel (including State of Palestine), Northern Coastal Plain: Haifa (after Franzen 2001); ' Atlit, 4.VI.1979, 1.V.1979, leg. A. Valdenberg 2♀♀; 4.VI.1983, leg. E. Shney-Dor 1♂; 32°42'N, 34°56'E, 17.V.1997, leg. E. Orbach 1♂ 1♀ (all TAU), VI.1989, leg. E. Orbach 1♂ (cJW); V.1989, not far from the coastal line, running to light, leg. E. Orbach 2♂♂ (after Werner 1999); Dead Sea Area: Bet Ha’Arava, 5.IV.1941, leg. O. Theodor 2♂♂ 2♀♀; Jordan River, near Dead Sea, 5.IV.1941, leg. O. Teodor 1♀ (TAU); ' En Gedi, 24.III.1958, leg. J. Kugler 2♂♂; 15.III.65, leg. K. Yefenof 1♀; Ne`ot HaKikkar, 15.II.1999, 19.IV.1999, leg. I. Yarom & V. Kravchenko 3♂♂ 1♀; Qalya, 11.IV.1958, leg. M. Pener 2.♂♂ 1♀; Sedom, 6.V.1961, at night, leg. J. Wahrman 1♂; Shefekh Zohar, 16.IV.1980, leg. J. Kugler 1♀; Zomet Zohar, 17.IV.1997, leg. L. Friedman 1♀ (all TAU); Nawit Pools (after Nussbaum 1987); Arava Valley: Gerofit, 23.IV.2003, 12.V.2003, 6.VI.2003, leg. D. Utshitel & V. Chikatunov 3♂♂ 2♀♀ (TAU); Southern Negev: Elat, 30.VIII.1959, leg. L. Fishelsohm - 1 ♂ (TAU).

Egypt (Sinai), Northern Sinai: Sabkhat al Bardawil, 23.III.1969, leg. A. Nitzan 1♂♂ 2♀♀ (TAU); Arish (after Abdel-Dayem 2004); Zaranik Protectorate (after El-Moursy et al. 2001; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Sinai Mountains: Dahab (after Nussbaum 1987); Southwestern Sinai: El Tor (after Schatzmayr 1936; Alfieri 1976; Nussbaum 1987; Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003; Abdel-Dayem 2004); Nabeq (after Nussbaum 1987).

Figures

Figure 8. Distribution of Grammognatha euphratica euphratica 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).