Eupholidoptera palaestinensis ( Ramme, 1939 )

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Eupholidoptera palaestinensis ( Ramme, 1939)

( Figures 13, 58, 104, 150, 194, 237, 238, 240; Appendix)

Pholidoptera palaestinensis Ramme, 1939: 99–100 .

Eupholidoptera palaestinensis ( Ramme, 1939) : Ramme, 1951: 198.

Eupholidoptera ledereri hebraea ( Uvarov, 1939) : Uvarov, 1942: 137.

Type information: Holotype M, ISRAEL (“ PALESTINE ”), Tiberias , 17.4.1937 (A. Grünberg) Collecting data on label (17.4.1937) different from that in description (27.4.1931). 1 F paratypus, Nahr es Zerka, coastal zone ( NHM).

Material examined: ISRAEL (“ PALESTINE ”): Holotype and paratype 1F; ISRAEL / PALESTINE: 4M, 2F, Tiberias, 17.5.1939 (J. Palmoni) ( NHM); 1M, 1F, Tiberias, 18– 27.5.1967 (C.A.W. Jeekel) ( CW); 1M, East Bank - Jordan, Lake Genezareth, 620 ft. below sea level, 1938 (J. Palmoni) ( NHM) (as Pholidoptera ledereri hebraea subsp. n.; det. B.P. Uvarov; type labels); 1M, Palestina, 7 km S of Massada, 23.5.1970 (Y. Ayal et al.) ( HUJDE); 1M, Golan Heights, Sivudiave near Tel Haufin, 19.7.1971 (Y. Ayal) ( HUJDE); 1F, Mergar-Am, 27.5.1971 (Y. Ayal & Shalmon) ( HUJDE); 1F, N. Poriye Cross, 19.4.1970 (M.P. Pener et al.) ( HUJDE); 2F, Golan Heights, 10 km east of the Customs, 31.5.1969 (Y. Ayal) ( HUJDE); 1M, 1F, Golan Heights, 10 km east of the Customs, 31.5.1969 (Y. Ayal) ( NHM) (labelled as Eupholidoptera blondheimi sp. n. under description, but the only difference is the rounded incision between the processes of male anal tergite that is quadrangular in E. palaestinensis ).

Other published localities: Kaltenbach (1969), Katbeh-Bader & Massa (2001), Mahasneh & Katbeh- Bader (2004). For ecological consideration see Ayal et al. (1999).

Distribution: The range of this species is located in the southern part of the Levant in the territories of Palestine and Israel.