Patapius spinosus (Rossi, 1790)

Material examined. SYRIA: Homs: Buhayrat al’Utaybah, 7.–10. iv.1953, 1 ♀, K. Christiansen lgt. (Col. Am. Univ. Beyrut) (235b), P. Kment det. (NMPC).

Distribution. A Mediterranean-Central Asian species, introduced to Japan, the western USA and Chile (Lindskog 1995, Aukema et al. 2013, Yamazaki & Sugiura 2014).