The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology Author Assmann, Thorsten https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-769X Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany assmann@uni.leuphana.de Author Boutaud, Esteve Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany Author Buse, Joern Ecosystem Monitoring, Research and Wildlife Conservation (SB 23 Invertebrates and Biodiversity), Black Forest National Park, Kniebisstrasse 67, D- 72250 Freudenstadt, Germany Author Gebert, Joerg Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 73, D- 01109 Dresden. Germany Author Drees, Claudia Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel & Biocentre Grindel, Universitaet Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D- 20146 Hamburg, Germany Author Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Khoury, Fares Department of Biology and Biotechnology, American University of Madaba, P. O. Box 2882, Amman, JO- 11821, Jordan Author Marcus, Tamar Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany Author Orbach, Eylon Remez St. 49, IL- 36044 Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Author Ittai Renan, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL- 69978, Israel Author Schmidt, Constantin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-4255 Deichstr. 13, D- 21354 Bleckede, Germany Author Zumstein, Pascale Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Universitaetsallee 1, D- 21335 Lueneburg, Germany text ZooKeys 2018 2018-02-05 734 43 103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989 1313-2970-734-43 7C3C687B64BB42A5B9E4EC588BCD52D5 394D3A78FFD46838FF9BFFE8FB52C216 1222331 26 . Lophyra flexuosa (Fabricius, 1787) Habitat. Eurytopic species found on sea shores, in saltmarshes, in dune depressions, on river banks, in oases and in palm plantations, not restricted to coastal habitats ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003 ; Jaskula and Rewicz 2015 ; Lisa 2002 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). Phenology. Throughout most of the year, from February to December ( Matalin and Chikatunov 2016 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). Distribution range. From Morocco to Israel ( Wiesner 1992 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. Numerous records from the Mediterranean coast in Israel and northern Sinai, southwards to the Negev and central Sinai ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003 ; Horn 1931 ; Matalin and Chikatunov 2016 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). Conservation. Not threatened. A widespread species which also can be found in highly disturbed habitats.