The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Israel and adjacent lands Author Matalin, Andrey V. Education-Scientific Centre Ecology & Biodiversity, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow 129164, Russia & Department of Biology, Russian National Research Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov, Moscow 117997, Russia andrei-matalin@yandex.ru Author Chikatunov, Vladimir I. Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel text ZooKeys 2016 2016-04-08 578 115 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.578.7383 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.578.7383 1313-2970-578-115 A1A7FC2B0E1D4BC88AE430CC9478DF7B DA5CFFFFFFCE6A62FF8E5903FF8BF778 579354 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). 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/7/7c/Israel_relief_location_map.jpg). 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 ).