Macroocula patrizii (Invrea, 1932)

(Figs 19−25)

Apterogyna Patrizii Invrea, 1932: 458, ♂: Cufra Oasis (Libya) [MSNG].

Apterogyna Patrizii Invrea var. minor Invrea, 1932: 459, ♂: Agdabia (Libya) [MSNG]. Junior subjective synonym of A. patrizii Invrea, 1932, according to Pagliano 2002: 177.

Apterogyna cyrenaica Invrea, 1932: 460, ♀: Agheila, Cyrenaica (Libya) [MSNG]. Junior subjective synonym of A. patrizii Invrea, 1932, according to Pagliano 2002: 177.

Apterogyna Dumonti Invrea, 1953: 223, holotype ♂: Tozeur (Tunisia) [MNHN]. Junior subjective synonym of A. patrizii Invrea, 1932, according to Pagliano 2002: 178.

Macroocula nitida patrizii (Invrea, 1932): Pagliano, 2002: 177.

FIGURES 12−18. Macroocula nitida (Bischoff), 12−14 (♀), 15−18 (♂): 12. Habitus, dorsal view; 13. T2 & T3; 14. T6; 15. Habitus, dorsolateral view; 16. Fore wing (part); 17. T1; 18. T3.

FIGURES 19−25. Macroocula patrizii (Invrea), 19−21 (♀), 22−25 (♂): 19. Habitus, dorsal view; 20. T2 & T3; 21. T6; 22. Habitus, dorsolateral view; 23. Fore wing (part); 24. T1; 25. T3.

Material examined. Egypt: 7 ♀, Wadi Khoshb (South Sinai), 25−27.iv.2013, pitfall trap, leg. A.M. Soliman, [CUE]; 1 ♂, Wadi Sidra (South Sinai), 15.iv.1939 [CUE]; 1 ♂, Wadi el-Natroun (Beherah), 6.viii.1929 [CUE]; 1 ♂, without data [CUE]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, M. Matrouh, 20.viii.1955 [ASUA]. Previous records from Egypt. Marg (Cairo), Pyramids (Giza), Wadi Digla (Cairo) (Invrea 1951, Pagliano 2002).

Distribution. Libya, Egypt (Invrea 1951, 1956), Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria (Invrea 1956), Tunisia, Western Sahara (Pagliano 2002).