Lispe cilitarsis Loew, 1856 Figs 27

Material examined.

Syntype ♂, ZMHU, also seen by Hennig (1960: 426), [Egypt] Assyud [Asyut], Frauenfeld, 1♂.

Egypt: Sinai, 21.V.1981, A.Freidberg, 1♂ (TAUI); Cairo, 2♂♂, 1♀ (ZIN); Cairo, Port Said, Suez, Luxor, Aswan, 12♂♂, 6♀♀ (ZMHU).

Ethiopia: Amhara, Tana Lake env., 1800m asl, 11.54°N, 37.39°E, 2-4.VIII.2012, NV, 2♂♂; Oromia, Ziway L., 1640m asl, 7.91°N, 38.73°E, 11-13.III.2012, NV, 1♂.

Israel: Ma’agan Michael, 28.VII.1964, A.Valdenberg, 19♂♂, 20♀♀ (TAUI); Eilat env., 24.X.2011, NV, 10♂♂, 9♀♀.

Morocco: Tan-Tan prov., Draa R., 28.528°N, 10.947°W, 11.V.2012, NV, 1♂, 1♀.

Distribution.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Morocco. Also reliably known from Saudi Arabia and Oman (Pont 1991). In Ethiopia Lispe cilitarsis seems uncommon and restricted to northern regions in comparison with resembling Lispe ethiopica sp. nov., so specimens from Africa should be re-examined and so far I regard other Afrotropical records as doubtful.