Podalonia mauritanica (Mercet, 1906)

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Podalonia mauritanica (Mercet, 1906)

( Figure 2 e, f ; Map 29 )

Ammophila mauritanica Mercet, 1906 . Boletín de la Real Sociedad Espaňola de Historia Natural, 6: 189.

Podalonia mauritanica: Dollfuss, 2010a: 555 (Kasserine, Medenine, Tataouine).

New records (Total 2 ♂, 2 ♀): Sfax, 1 ♀ (Babault Collection, MNHN) ; Sousse: Bouficha , 5 m, 11.IX.2017, 1 ♂ ; Tozeur: Nefta , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (Dumont Collection, MNHN) .

Additional records (Total 4 ♂, 3 ♀). Medenine, 2 ♀ (Vachal Collection, MNHN) ; Tatatouine: Ghomrasen, Ksar Hadada , 363 m, 09. V.2018, 1 ♂ , Ghordhab , 159 m, 7. V.2018, 1 ♂ , North Tataouine, Oued Tlelet , 170 m, 12. V.2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Route Tataouine-Medenine km 33, 163 m, 10. V.2018, 1 ♂ .

General distribution. Canary Islands, North Africa, Western Sahara ( Dollfuss 2010b).

Figures

FIGURE 2. a. Eremochares dives (female); b. Eremochares luteus (female); c. Parapsammophila errabunda (male); d. Parapsammophila errabunda (female); e. Podalonia mauritanica (male); f. Podalonia mauritanica (female); g. Podalonia tydei tydei (male); h. Podalonia tydei tydei (female); i. Chalybion flebile.

MAPS 17–32. Distribution maps of: 17. Ammophila producticollis; 18. Ammophila quadraticollis; 19. Ammophila rubripes; 20. Ammophila strumosa; 21. Ammophila terminata; 22. Eremochares dives; 23. Eremochares luteus; 24. Parapsammophila errabunda; 25. Podalonia atrocyanea; 26. Podalonia flavida; 27. Podalonia hirsuta; 28. Podalonia marismortui; 29. Podalonia mauritanica; 30. Podalonia minax; 31. Podalonia tydei tydei; 32. Chlorion maxillosum.