Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854 (figs 10–11)

Apodacra seriemaculata Macquart, 1854: 426; Gorobchishin, 2006: 111 (habits); Piwczyński et al., 2017: 53, 57 (in dendrograms); Rohdendorf, 1930: 19 (redescription); 1970: 639 (in key); Séguy, 1941: 257 (redescription); Venturi, 1960: 35 (in key), 38 (review); Verves, 1986: 68 (catalog); Verves & Khrokalo, 2014: 12 (habits, faunistic); 2018 (Supplementary Material): 4 (faunistic); Verves et al., 2015: 269 (review); 2018: 99 (faunistic); Zerova et al., 2006: 95 (in key).

Material. Israel: 1}, Palestine, Tantura, 16.08.1954, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, Nahal Alexander, 6.07.1996, leg. R. Hoffman (TAU) . 1 {, Lakhish, 9.09.1970, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1 {, 1}, Sheluhat Qadesh Barnea’, 7.05.1998, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 3 {, Negev, Makhtech Ramon NR, Loz Cisterns, 18. and 23.05.2006, leg. K. Szpila (PCV) . 1}, Dunes Ache, 18.09.1954, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, S. Palestine, Tel Faza, Wadi Shall, 21.05.1953, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, Coakepst plain, Nathalia, 28.08.1953, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, Tell Far`a, 21.05.1953, leg. J. Wahram (TAU) . 1}, Taba, 27.04.1974, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic: South Europe; Asia: Turkey, Israel, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan.

Habits: Psammophilous and xerophilous species. Larvae were found in a nest of the sphecid wasp Tachysphex panzeri (Vander Lind.) provisioned by paralyzed acridids (Grandi, 1961).