Xeromyia orthogona (Rohdendorf, 1925) (figs 13–14)

Apodacra (Xeromyia) orthogona Rohdendorf, 1925 a: 72; 1930: 17 (redesripion).

Xeromyia orthogona: Koçak & Kemal, 2015: 352 (faunistic); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 495 (redescription of {, faunistic); Verves, 1986: 86 (catalog); Verves et al., 2015: 271 (review).

Apodacra (Xeromyia) oxygona Rohdendorf, 1925 a: 72 .

Apodacra (Xeromyia) oxygona: Rohdendorf, 1930: 17 (redesription).

Apodacra oxygona: Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2016: 814 (holotype revised).

Apodacra linearis Villeneuve, 1933: 255 .

Apodacra linearis: Séguy 1941: 252 (in key), 255 (redescription).

Xeromyia linearis: Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 496 (in key); Verves, 1986: 86 (catalog).

Apodacra (Xeromyia) aegyptiaca Rohdendorf, 1934: 9 .

Material. Israel: 1 {, 1}, Hameshar, 16.06.1986, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1}, Nahr Rubin, 1.09.1954, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, Be’er Meshash, 16.06.1986, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1 {, Ein Bogeg, 29.09.1971, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1}, Sedom, 13.08. 1958, leg. J. Krykepst (TAU) . 1}, Ein Aqev, 8.08. 1977, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1 {, 2}, Shezaf N. R., Nahal Shahaq, 24 and 31.05.1999, leg. I. Yarom (TAU) . 4}, Hazeva Field School, 30 o 43ʹ N, 35 o 16ʹ E, 22–23.07., 4 and 24.08.1997, leg. A. Maklakov and S. Plotkin (TAU) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: North Africa: Egypt; Asia: Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia.

Habits: Adult flies prefer sandy and stone areas.