Rhagodes judaicus Kraepelin 1899

Fig. 29 A –F

Kraepelin 1899: 211–212 (as Rhagodes judaica n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Judagebirge in Palaestina. Museum Königsberg .

Dimensions. Truncuslänge beim ♂ 16, beim ♀ 18 mm. [♂ lectotype 17.59; 21.30; ♀ paralectotype 20.04; 26.92]

Oldest label. Rhagodes judaicus Krpln, ex typis, Mus. Königsberg II. VII.1899, Judagebirge Palaestina (Kraepelin handwriting).

Type material. Lectotype ♂, paralectotype ♀ here designated (ZMH-A0000161).

Taxonomic remarks. Roewer transferred the species from Rhagodes to Rhagodessa and also mentioned both specimens as types (Roewer 1933: 283). The species was described by Kraepelin from two specimens only and these are the types preserved at the ZMH.

Collection remarks. The type locality is the Judean Mountains south-east of Tel Aviv.

Current systematic position. Rhagodidae, Rhagodessa judaica (Kraepelin 1899) .