Ammatomus rogenhoferi (HANDLIRSCH, 1888) (fig. 19)

Gorytes rogenhoferi HANDLIRSCH, 1888: 338, male, female. Syntypes: Greece; Turkey: Amasya, Brussa, Smyrna; Caucasus; and Azerbaijan: Helenendorf, now Khanlar (NHMW, Kraków).

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d f r o m: Cyprus, Israel, Malta and Turkey.

R e m a r k: The species is easy to recognize, widely distributed and partly common. So it is not discussed further. See PULAWSKI (1973) for details.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece), Turkey and Cyprus to Central Asia, southwards to Israel. A record from Gozo (male, 15.iii.2015 Malta, Gozo, Ramla Bay, CSE) is the first record for Maltese islands, and the westernmost finding of the species.