Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925 (figs 1–2)

Apodacra chrysocephala Rohdendorf, 1925: 69; 1930: 19 (redescription, faunistics); Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980: 497 (faunistics); Verves, 1984: 538 (faunistics); 1986: 68 (catalog); 1990: 539 (in key); Verves & Khrokalo, 2018 (Supplementary Material): 20 (faunistics); Verves et al. 2015: 267 (review).

Apodacra poeciloptera Rohdendorf, 1927: 167 .

Apodacra seriemaculata: Szpila, 2010: 25 (morphology of 1 st instar larva).

Material. Israel: 3}, Hameshar, 16.06.1986, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 2}, Be`er Meshash, 21. 06. 1986, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1}, S. Palestine, Dunes Ein Rhadian, 1.05.1954, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1 {, Shefech Zohar, 6.04.1988, leg. F. Kaplan (TAU) . 1 {, Makhtech Ramon NR, Nahal Ramon, 19– 20.05.2004, leg. K. Szpila (PCV) . 1}, Nahal Secher, 19.07.1984, leg. M. Kaplan (TAU) . 1 {, Negev, dunes along Nahal Sekher, n. Ramat Khovav, 13.05.2006 leg., K. Szpila (PCV) . 1 {, Zin Wilderness, Nahal Zin at En Akrabim, cane-covered sandy wadi el, – 61 m, (30 o 53ʹ38ʹʹ N, 35 o 09ʹ39ʹʹ E), 10. o4.1995, leg. M. E. Irwin (TAU) . 1}, Arava Valley, Iddan, wadi running east of date palm orchard, – 110 m (30 o 48ʹ93ʹʹ N, 35 o 16ʹ79ʹʹ E), 24.03.1995, leg. M. Irwin (NHMUK) . 2 {, Arava Valley, Shizaf Nature Reserve, Hazeva, north of water treatment plant low sandy hummocks in small wadi el, ‒ 80 m (30 o 46ʹ01ʹʹ N, 35 o 15ʹ37ʹʹ E), 24.03.1995, leg. Irwin. 1}, Negev, Ein Avdat, NP Nahal Zin, 17.05.2006, leg. K. Szpila (PCV) . 1}, Ezuz, 15.08.1984, leg. I. Nussbaum (TAU) . 1 {, Yeruham, 26.04.1973, leg. M. Kaplan (TAU) . 1}, Dead Sea, Wadi Deyal, 10.05.1958, leg. O. Theodor (TAU) . 1}, Elifaz, sewage, 5.04.1997, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . Egypt: 1}, Sinai: Firan, 9.04.1973, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU) . 1}, St. Katharina, 18.07.1974, leg. F. Kaplan (TAU) .

Distribution: Palaearctic: Asia: Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Neimenggu).

H a b i t s: Adult flies prefer sandy areas.