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 15. Cephalota (Taenidia) littorea ( Forskal , 1775) [sic] Habitat. On seashores and in marshland habitats. Diurnal and nocturnal. Attracted by light ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003 ; Cassola 1972 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). Phenology . May to September ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). Distribution range. From southern Spain to the Arabian Peninsula and Northeast Africa ( Gebert 1991 ). Distribution in the southern Levant. Only in southern Sinai ( Abdel-Dayem et al. 2003 ; Alfieri 1976 ; Gebert 1991 ; Nussbaum 1987 ). No record from Israel or Jordan ( Putchkov and Matalin 2017 ), but populations still exist not far from the border to both countries (<Bir Suweir / Sinai 30.4.2016 / A. Gera> SMNHTAU, CAL). Taxonomic notes. Only the nominate subspecies occurs in the southern Levant ( Gebert 1991 ). Cephalota littorea and C. tibialis have long been confused (e.g. Mandl 1935 ). The revision of Gebert (1991) revealed the species status of both taxa, and described their variability (incl. genitalia and pale coloration pattern on elytra). The subspecies C. littorea alboreductata (Horn, 1934) occurs south of the distribution range of C. littorea s.str. ( Gebert 1991 ). Although the taxon goudotii (Dejean, 1829), which occurs along the coasts of the western Mediterranean, is currently ranked as a subspecies of C. littorea , it is probably a valid species. Cephalota littorea s.str. and goudotii do not occur parapatrically as their ranges are separated from each other by a gap which is partially filled by the distribution range of Cephalota tibialis . Moreover, the differences in the median lobe of the aedeagus (shape, internal sac) may support the species status of both goudotii and Cephalota littorea (but see C. aulicoides for discussion of genital structures as characters to delineate species). The correct spelling of the author name is Forskal ( Forskal 1775 ) and not Forsskal ( Putchkov and Matalin 2017 ).